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Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"A Post-Revolutionary Generation Charles Vaughan, Hallowell, ca. 1820Maine Historical Society Not everyone came out of desperation."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Third Generation and Beyond

"Third Generation and Beyond Augustus Chase Savage, 1854Northeast Harbor Library Emily Manchester Savage, 1854Northeast Harbor Library…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Delivery of generators, Presque Isle, 1959

"Delivery of generators, Presque Isle, 1959 Contributed by Oakfield Historical Society Description The Bangor and Aroostook Railroad…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Electric generator delivery, Presque Isle, 1959

"Electric generator delivery, Presque Isle, 1959 Contributed by Oakfield Historical Society Description Chase Transport Corporation…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Second Generation & Permanent Structures at Asticou

"Second Generation & Permanent Structures at Asticou John II and Climena would outlive nine of their 11 children, most of whom died relatively young…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - They Should Have Constructed Their Buildings On Wheels

"Each generation has developed, used and changed the land, natural resources and buildings in the Asticou neighborhood to suit the specific needs of…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Welcome to the Western Foothills

"Working closely with local schools, six historical societies came together to help the next generation understand the heritage of their area."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Today

"… the firm currently produces solar-powered generators designed for, among other things, disaster relief, a project based on experience and expertise…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Kids at the quarry

"… iron spikes left in the granite to boilers that generated the steam power for the quarry tools. The kids even got to get their hands dirty as they…"

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Historic Hallowell - Day 3 - Page 1 of 2

"The Oulette family shares a generator with family, friends, and neighbors. They would sit at the table drinking coffee and sharing stories."

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Historic Hallowell - Day 4 - Page 1 of 3

"A man was found dead because he was running a generator in his basement due to carbon-monoxide poisoning and that's what happened on day 4 of the…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Welcome

"… past and a passion for local history in the next generation of Farmington citizens. We will continue to work with local students as well as future…"

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Camp Winnebago

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 3 of 4

"… and agent for the Kennebec Proprietors, and so generated extensive documentation within its papers."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Papers, 1627‐1866

"… Proprietors coupled with supplementary records generated by or in relation to company activity along the Androscoggin River."

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"We had use of a generator. We shared a generator with Wingate Lathe Oil and they came up. We shared it with one more family."

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Bridgton Historical Society

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Historic Hallowell - Days 6 & 7

"… deadly gas turned out to be none other than a generator recently installed. The man had not yet known that this dangerous gas was slowly killing…"

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Historic Hallowell - Day 8

"… from carbon monoxide poisoning produced from his generator. A man from Oakland who was struck by a tree while he was helping a neighbor clear…"

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Presque Isle Historical Society

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Crew

"… X Candis Joyce X Kim is a a 5th generation islander. She has been a teacher for 32 years here."

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Stetson Historical Society

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1960-1970 - Page 1 of 3

"It was also the era of the "baby boom" generation, and the youth culture that had its beginning in the 1950s and manifested itself in the 1960s as a…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Development of an Island-wide Identity

"… wondrous natural resources – a treasure to be appreciated, protected, continually re-discovered and celebrated for this and future generations."