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Historic Hallowell - Wood Ashes or Gold Dust?

"… 1819Hubbard Free Library In short order a huge market for wood ashes was created and the American colonies, awash in wood ash, were ready to meet…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Beniah Harding

"… people committing suicide about the great stock market crash Did you know anyone who was personally affected and committed suicide? No How did your…"

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Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 3 of 3

"Their largest market was in the United States but they began to export throughout Europe, Canada, Japan and Australia."

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Belfast Historical Society

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Lubec Landmarks

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Maine Irish Heritage Center

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Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 3

"The view up Middle Street ends with City Hall in Market Square, now the site of the statue in Monument Square."

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 1 of 3

"… to thread onto looms and be made into fabrics marketed as artificial silk. The name "rayon" was adopted in the mid-1920s."

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 1 of 3

"… leaving cotton, rayon with some wool for the home market. Clothing was not rationed as it was in Britain, but the War Production Board (WPB) issued…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 2 of 2

"… elected to the office of scavenger, clerk of the market, and hogreeve (hog constable) several times."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… but only now was it possible to get them to market. The difference was the development of the smack, a boat with an open well that circulated…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… Somes Sound provided a means of shipping goods to market. Mount Desert Island Historical Society But all that was over by the time Somes arrived."

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"Pendleton Library and now the two markets, Durkees and Island Market, has opened the summer community experience into a more universal one."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… climate, boundary disputes, and isolation from markets deepened the frontier experience of settlers in northern Maine ."

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… and continued to the late '40s, when the herring market faded and the cost of yearly rebuilding the weir made this historic venture obsolete."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"Roy's Market at Centre and Washington Streets, Bath, 1981Patten Free Library Washington Street has always been trademarked for its cultural…"

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… variety of products for both farm use and sale to markets beyond Cumberland and North Yarmouth. Many early farmers raised sheep for meat and wool…"

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900

"… products and potatoes were shipped off to new markets in the south. A second rail line, the Aroostook Valley Rail Road (AVR), was completed ca."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Summary: The Future: Recycle or Start from Scratch?

"… a successfully completed and readily useable and marketable product. It is cheaper and more efficient monetarily to build new rather than try to…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"… Garage, the Pastime Theater, the Hillcrest Market and Mrs. Flye’s Sandwich Shop were all lost."

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"… “We would deliver to the Worster House and the markets. In he summer they would have soda in big tubs to keep it cold."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Dreamland and Liberty

"The grocery store is called Brackett's Market and it has absolutely nothing to do with entertainment. Dreamland Theater, Front Street, Bath, ca."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Andrew Anderson

"… experience with investments during the stock market crash. Did you have any troubles getting the basic necessities? Andrew Anderson, clip one  No…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"… the former prison site for shipment to the Boston market. Soon a second kiln was added to meet the demands of trade and lumber was added as cargo."