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Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 2 of 2

"… she placed the clothing on a pantry board, or table, and one piece at a time ironed the clothing to get the wrinkles out."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Elmer Ellsworth Martin, Bangor, 1865

"he has no fear. will stand on a table and jump without scringing off on a hard floor will jump from the top of the shed about 8 feet his element is…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 1 of 4

"These stools and tables were often made out of pine or oak boards by the students' parents. By 1880, children sat in individual desks that were…"

Early Maine Photography - Human Interest

"… whiskey glasses in hand rest their elbows on a table displaying a liquor bottle (pictured at right)."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"… with wooden crates and boxes using them as seats, tables, and shelves for storing foodstuffs, cooking utensils, basketmaking tools, and other…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"Erlrie Holmes operated a clothing store and lived in the back with his family. Across Main Street was a drug store, originally owned Mr."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"… few years MDIHS students ate lunch at cafeteria tables according to what town they were from and associated with one another by town groups."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"The forest provided game for the table. As land was cleared, wheat and corn were planted later to be turned into flour, food crops were planted, as…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… in Aroostook County focused on the potato with table stock, seed and starch potatoes as the three most important market outlets."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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