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Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad and Maine Public Service Company building, Presque Isle, 1921

"… Public Service Company building, Presque Isle, 1921 Contributed by Presque Isle Historical Society Description Arthur Gould built an…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of North New Portland

"… by the Maine State Highway commission in 1921. On a 1909 post card the old bridge appears to be mostly constructed of wood."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aerial Photography

"… Photography Eye In The Sky Slideshow In 1921, Guy Gannett purchased two competing Portland newspapers, merging them under the Portland Press…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 2 of 2

"… This was the fourth school fire in Portland in 1921 and was of unknown origin. It started in the library, which did not have a fireplace or stove…"

Wilson Museum

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Cunningham School

"… to be indestructible, but it caught fire in 1921. It was rebuilt in 1922. Its capacity was 250 students, but eventually served about 500."

Maine Forest Service

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Norcross Heritage Trust

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"The Eastern Argus, which was founded in 1803, folded in January of 1921. The remaining papers were The Portland Daily Press, a paper owned by Senator…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"From "Romance of Pepperell" (1921) X The textile manufacture industry, however, was the largest employer and the heart of the local economy."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2

"… Historical Society/MaineToday Media On May 20th, 1921, Deering High School suffered a major fire that killed Captain James C."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village Schools

"… X The original Central High School was built in 1921, as the product of over a year's worth of town vote and debate."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Resources and Links

"Yarmouth, Maine: A. F. Tilton, 1921. Sweetser, Phyllis Sturdivant. Cumberland, Maine in four centuries. Cumberland, Maine: Town of Cumberland, 1976."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Cumberland's Prince Memorial Library : Evolution of a Community Institution

"… Memorial Library was incorporated on November 7, 1921. In February 1922, Maud Merrill Thomes, a native of Cumberland and the wife of Dr. John B."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

"Starbird, of Strong. Edwin (1853-1921) was born to Amos and Mary Jane Gilkey Starbird in Freeman Village."

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"… in his first race in Presque Isle on July 4, 1921. After four seasons of racing, he started in 68 races and won 31 of those."

Prince Memorial Library

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Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 1 of 2

"… Louis Wilbur Trafton was born on February 21, 1921. He attended school in Guilford where he excelled in sports, lettering in baseball and…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Bootleggers vs. Police

"… of state laws X Maine License Plate, 1921 Courtesy of Drew Masterson, originally from Mr. and Mrs. James M."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"Starting in 1921, the "homestead" began to be broken up. The location of the Brick Inn has been noted on this 1861 Walling Topographical Map of the…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"From June 4 to November 9, 1921, a well was drilled and a water system installed in the school. In 1923, the school finally received a cement…"

Music in Maine - Radio Cowboys and Country Music

"… Cody Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Rita Cote’s (1921-2014) Franco parents moved to Auburn when she was nine months old."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"… Isle, 1921Presque Isle Historical Society In 1921, Gould built a two-story building on the northwest corner of Second and State Streets to house…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"Louise Barker in 1913. In August of 1921, Lewis Swett died. Shortly before his death the drugstore went out of business."