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Blue Hill, Maine - Mary Ellen Chase

"… College where she helped shape the early writing careers of Anne Morrow (later Lindbergh), Sylvia Plath and Betty Goldstein (later Friedan) and…"

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Historic Hallowell - Volunteer Firefighters and their Fire Clothes

"… Volunteer firefighters are always on call whereas career firemen or women are on call, but they are at the the station for twenty-four or…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Today

"… workers at the yard, most have made a lifetime career of fine boat building, some of whom are third, fourth and fifth generation shipwrights and…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Bob Marley

"Early in his career, Marley started doing stand-up in his hometown of Portland, Maine. He would shortly after, look for new experiences."

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Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 2 of 2

"Captain Mattie Pinette, Eisenhower's secretary, Washington, D.C., 1944Guilford Historical Society To say that Mattie had a distinguished career in…"

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Margaret Chase Smith Library

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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Historic Hallowell - Seaport on the Kennebec

"… advanced mathematics to boys who wished to pursue careers at sea. Good navigators produced good profits."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Eddie's Market

"He started his career at age twenty working for Howard Michaud as a meat cutter and clerk. Michaud’s store was on the corner of State and Exchange…"

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Life on a Tidal River - The Flying Torah

"Having flown more than 50,000 miles during his career as a pilot, as well as being a flying circuit chaplain, he also somehow found the time to…"

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Lubec, Maine - Myron Avery, Lubec, and the Appalachian Trail

"… ever Quoddy Light yearbook forecast a political career, the Class Prophecy portraying Myron as a judge who “evidently followed the profession of…"

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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3

"A Jacksonian Democrat, he began his political career in the Maine legislature, serving three terms as speaker."

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Historic Hallowell - A Chosen Place ~ Once Again

"In 1884, nearing the end of a 40-year career under sail, he wrote to the Hallowell Register in praise of his home town: They may call Hallowell a…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Elizabeth Akers Allen, née Chase

"For much of her career, Allen earned her living partly as a journalist. The success of her first book allowed her to travel in Europe in 1859–60."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Working in Maine

"In his last ten to fifteen years of his career, he had more administrative work and a lot of reports. A lot of time was spent doing computer work."

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Early Maine Photography - Occupational Photography

"… Mitchell of Portland, a veteran shipmaster whose career spanned from 1834 to 1879. The tintype of bearded Captain William Blanchard of Richmond is…"

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Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 1 of 2

"Elizabeth of Hungary. His promising career ended prematurely in his death from tuberculosis at the age of thirty-five in 1861."

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Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"… Cotton all played at the Playhouse early in their careers. Young actors and actresses had the opportunity to hone their skills with a rigorous…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Notable Residents

"… in 1818, where he spent a long and successful career as lawyer, magistrate and statesman. A small office building sat below his house on East Main…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The "Edward O'Brien", the "Washington B. Thomas", & "Edna Hoyt"

"George River. Her career was cut short by a shipwreck off Prout’s Neck only 60 days after her impressive launch."

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Guilford, Maine - EXHIBITS

"… still the foundation of our community, providing careers over several generations for locals and neighbors alike."

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Early Maine Photography - War - Page 1 of 2

"He then moved to Newcastle to pursue a new career as a traveling missionary. His journeys took him to Bangor, where he preached and taught school…"

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

"Near the end of her career in the 1960s and 1970s, Chanel earned acclaim with her beautiful braid trimmed jacket suits. Metallic lurex gown, ca."

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Architecture & Landscape database - Eaton W. Tarbell

"… of modernism that he employed throughout his career. After receiving his B.A. from Harvard in 1941, Tarbell worked for engineering firms in Boston…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 3 of 5

"… of the proprietors, effectively ending Dunbar’s career as a land agent. However, despite what the proprietors and some Massachusetts officials…"