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Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Memorial Library, tables & fireplace, 1924

"Lincoln Memorial Library, tables & fireplace, 1924 Contributed by Lincoln Historical Society Description The Lincoln Memorial Library…"

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Historic Hallowell - Energy

"For heating, they used coal stoves, fireplaces, wood stoves and hot air furnaces. They didn’t use oil, so basically everything was run off of coal or…"

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

"It started in the library, which did not have a fireplace or stove, and the watchman was absent. After the fire, students were moved to the Annex…"

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Porter Memorial Library

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell House

"It contained seventy rooms, each of which had a fireplace. Worster House card, Hallowell, ca. 1930Maine Historical Society Since 1832, this…"

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Skowhegan Community History - Lakewood Theater

"The wood and wainscoting are original as are the fireplaces. Lakewood is truly a unique treasure that we should always value for its entertainment…"

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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 5 of 5

"… and an old-fashioned wood stove despite the two fireplaces, and has 14 acres surrounding it. When the current owners bought it the real estate ad…"

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Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police

"… Fire Department In the early years of settlement fireplaces were the common means to heat homes and businesses."

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Lithgow Public Library

"Grand fireplaces on the east and west walls face each other. Stained glass windows depict printers’ marks from the 15th and 16th centuries, as well…"

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Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"… guests lounged in leather chairs around the large fireplace in the lobby as chauffeurs lined up in the circular driveway to deposit their well…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"Nails and part of a fireplace screen were recovered from the ashes. Fireplace HardwareFarmington Historical Society The influence of the…"

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Guilford, Maine - Guilford Schools

"… was constructed of logs and featured an open fireplace that was said to be used by the children to warm their corn cakes and potatoes for lunch."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"Jane’s fireplace with its blackened hearthstone could be seen for many years until it was purchased and built into the chimney of a cottage at Prouts…"

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"… proportion of the fuel, which was used in an open fireplace that burned half a cord a day. The ferule and birch were often made use of, and at…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"… a dining room, poolroom, bowling alley, and a fireplace. Each member carried his own key, but had to know the secret password, “Tombstone Thompson”…"

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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