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Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"All of these women have played a big part in the history of Bangor and have inspired people all around the world."

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"The work was there for whoever needed it. We women used to have a good time. It was hard work but we all knew one another; we were like a family.”…"

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"The entire order of 60 women volunteered. Queen's Hospital entrance, Portland, ca. 1930 Queen's Hospital EntranceNorthern Light Mercy Hospital…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… and the desire for personal improvement marked for Bangor the years toward the end and immediately following the Civil War."

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Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"• Warrant for first town meeting issued July 7, 1811 Signature Quilt, Lubec, 1889 1812 • War of 1812 leads to extensive smuggling operations…"

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

"… frequent town recordings of sheep, hog and cattle markings, demonstrating that animal raising for sale and consumption was an important early…"

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Bangor Public Library

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"Starting here, a portion of the road is marked as the North Yarmouth Memorial Highway, so designated at Town Meeting in 1920."

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Winter Harbor Historical Society

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… 1872, when the completion of the schooner Isabel marked the end of Hampden’s shipbuilding days except for a brief period at the beginning of World…"

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… 1872, when the completion of the schooner Isabel marked the end of Hampden’s shipbuilding days except for a brief period at the beginning of World…"

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Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"… with whom she had started for Maine ports and St. John, N.B., only half an hour before … International Steamship Landing The landing, built…"

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"St. Mary’s of the Isles (1901) was built for the Catholic summer help who worked for the wealthy summer families."

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1970-1980 - Page 3 of 3

"The lower skirt inside seam bears a label marked "B Green Room," and includes the Beene signature cursive "B." The gown is associated with Cecile P."