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Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Trenton Cemetery & Keeping Society

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Artists and Inventors of Biddeford

"… Public Library It was an atmosphere ripe for discovery of new ways of doing things. Whether it was portraying a "Mad Miser" in the theater…"

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Western Maine Cultural Alliance

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Architecture & Landscape database - Lost Gardens of Eden

"… made broad use if its natural resources, but the discovery by artists in the 19th century brought word and vision of its powerful natural beauty to…"

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Androscoggin Historical Society

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Mercy Hospital - Portland Hospitals Before Mercy

"For example, advances in microscopes enabled the discovery of bacteria in 1866. The Civil War (1861-1865) also encouraged both the growth of the…"

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

"… influence that stemmed from Howard Carter’s 1922 discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb. The dress was acquired and worn in Paris by Mrs."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Partners

"Zooniverse research results in new discoveries, datasets useful to the wider research community, and many publications."

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Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 3

"Howe provides an excellent view of Dr. Cumming’s property and commemorates a major historical discovery."

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Historic Clothing Collection - Mid to Late Nineteenth Century

"The discovery of chemical dyes and the gradual growth of a chemical dye industry was another significant mid-late nineteenth century development."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 4 of 4

"… racialized supremacy laid out in the Doctrine of Discovery was just becoming structured enough so that Indian deeds and title were only recognized…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"After Captain Smith reported his discoveries, Prince Charles replaced the local names supplied by Smith, changing North Virginia to New England and…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"… along the rocky shore, landing for our geological discoveries even as old Champlain may have landed for his geography, and returning to our vessel…"

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Historic Hallowell - Police and Fire Citations

"Planetgreen.com. 14 Apr. 2011 http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tech-transport/train-popularity.html member, of the town.Annual report. 1903."

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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"By September, the town was buzzing with discoveries of valuable deposits of ore. Soon, prospectors were converging on the town."

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Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"Jernegan, Prescott Ford, A Sketch of the Discovery of a Commercially Profitable Process for the Extraction of Gold and Silver from Sea Water…"

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Prince Memorial Library

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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