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Hollingsworth Fine Arts

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Lincoln, Maine - Roger Weatherbee of Lincoln in his P-51 H fighter plane, 1946

"Roger flew this plane from Florida to Presque Isle air base after being stationed in Florida after WW II."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Lodging and Hotels: A Savage Family Business

"Alba Court Inn A New Smyrna, Florida hotel built in 1903. Probably managed, but not owned, by Herman LaFritz Savage until his death in 1913 and then…"

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Olof Nylander, 1864-1943

"He first worked in Massachusetts, then Florida, then Rhode Island. Inside Nylander Museum X Eventually, Olof was taken in by the United States…"

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Allies & Allegiance: Military comradery at the Centennial, 1920

"battleships, the USS Utah and USS Florida, naval representation spanned three continents, further demonstrating the First World War’s geographic…"

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Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 3 of 3

"… Sales Agency was established in 1930 in Tampa, Florida by Fletcher Pride to manufacture wooden cigar tips for the Hav-a-Tampa Jewel Cigar."

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Architecture & Landscape database - Eaton W. Tarbell

"Eaton W. Tarbell died in Venice, Florida in 1992. The following year his widow Sallie Tarbell donated his architectural drawings to the Maine…"

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

"Haigis later married Helen Sluder of Naples, Florida. At age 78, he died of cancer in Naples, Florida, and is buried in Foxboro, Massachusetts."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood

"He sold Florida Boilers, a business that grew rapidly. He later sold that business because he couldn’t provide the service it required."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Wood Products of Strong

"Starbird, who was moving to Florida. When the route of the narrow gauge railroad through Freeman was established several miles from the mill, it was…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… but also coasted as far South as Jacksonville, Florida, and seasonally went fishing as far north as Labrador. During the Civil War, A.C."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"… for the Matheson family in Seal Harbor and Florida. Upon the birth of Donald and Marguerite’s second child in the early 1950s, they decided that it…"

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… began, with people travelling from as far away as Florida to spend their summers on Islesboro. Since Ryder’s Cove was a year-round community as…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"Petersburg, Florida, and was later exhibited on television. In 2007 the Scarborough Historical Society acquired one of Litchfield’s violins and had…"

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Historic Hallowell - Hurricanes Of 1954 - Stories and Timelines

"… Tropical Depression is spotted off the coast of Florida. The storm had 35 MPH winds but was not moving."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"Mr. Hill retired for a short time, moving to Florida. With his return to Bath, he worked at a gentlemen’s clothing store at 134 Front Street, until…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"We just moved from Florida because we all needed jobs, so Dad made an investment and bought the farm. I really don’t like it so far."

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Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… just graduated high school and planned to attend Florida State University in the fall when he was diagnosed with Burkett’s Lymphoma."

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… to Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida. Private Luther Lawrence was a member of Company H and he served with distinction."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"… and was buried at Barrancas National Cemetery in Florida in grave 5-0-535. Alanson F. Sweet was born in 1845 and lived with his parents, Alanson…"