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Bowdoin College Museum of Art

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Circus swing, Boston, 1853

"Circus swing, Boston, 1853 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin (1823-1904) of Bangor…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"… Gallery, now part of the Portland Museum of Art. The impressive 1909 watercolor for the Portland City Hall was produced by the principal…"

Music in Maine - Bluegrass Music

"… 1962 when a fire destroyed the warehouse of its Boston distributor, putting Event Records out of business."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Interior plans, Third Parish Church, Bangor, 1865

"… built in 1852-1853 and designed by John Towle of Boston, also was known as Central Congregational Church."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Third Parish Church, Bangor, 1865

"John D. Towle of Boston designed the Italianate structure. Martin wrote of the building of the church, "Land being high and the society being in…"

Bowdoin College Library

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John Martin: Expert Observer - First balloon ascension, Bangor, 1857

"Wise of Boston arranged the event. He said the balloon was about 30 feet tall when inflated. When the balloon went up, he wrote, "the sight was so…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Brick Works

"… the area of Broad Street and India Street, replacing decaying wharves; and the Dover Street Bridge between Boston and South Boston opened in 1805."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 4 of 4

"… mechanically, and electrically with state-of-the-art paper making equipment. BOISE CASCADE SOLD TO MEAD On September 1996, after 20 years of…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"Proposed Nordica Memorial Museum by John P. Thomas, ca. 1920Maine Historical Society John P. Thomas served in the navy during World War I."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Sources

"Boston : Samuel G. Drake, c1873. Lonergan, Thomas J. Henry Knox : George Washington's Confidant, General of Artillery, and America's First Secretary…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Shipping

"… of Asa Rogers and finished recently.” By May 15, Knox had pressed the Quick Lime into service by shipping lime to Wales & Beale in Boston."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"… John Beauchamp of London and Thomas Leverett of Boston. In June 1630 five passengers were sent on the sailing vessel Lyon from England to establish…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Land Dealings

"… on the Second Tuesday of September to receive any communications which may be offered by the said settlers. HKnox. Boston, August 1798.”"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"Sloops were built, making regular trips to Boston to transport lime, staves and cordwood, returning with cargoes of flour, bolts of cloth and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13

"Rand Images from Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum, Presque Isle Historical Society and Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking Implements

"… Blown glass Collections of Portland Museum of Art, Maine; bequest of Margaret Jane Mussey Sweat Discovered in the foundation of the museum's…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Guiding Services for Sport Hunters

"… as well as serious training in the “fine art of paddling.” Most members this rusticators’ club aspired to having their own Indian-made paddle and…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"The city founded a public library in 1883 and by 1892, Bangor General Hospital opened as a state of the art medical facility."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"It was a state-of-the-art ferryboat and was named after the congresswoman who represented Maine from 1942 until 1973."