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Maine's Paper & Heritage Museum

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Farmington Public Library

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Ski Museum of Maine

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Music in Maine - Community Music

"Grange Music Franklin Grange Hall, Bryant Pond, ca. 1892Maine Historical Society 'State of Maine, My State of Maine,' 1913Maine Historical…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1890-1900 - Page 2 of 3

"Stanley, 511½ Congress Street, Portland, Maine," features a mid-1890s balloon-sleeved blouse of red figured dress silk, the silk type now affordable…"

Music in Maine - Drum, Stockton Springs, ca. 1840

"… umbrellas and musical instruments at 92 Court Street in Boston from 1820 to 1844, specializing in bass drums for militia units."

Music in Maine - Bluegrass Music

"Event Records Streets of Laredo/Foggy, Foggy Dew, Westbrook, 1956Maine Historical Society Musician and television repair man, Al Hawkes…"

Historic Hallowell - Natural Resource to Finished Product

"Workers, Hallowell Granite Works, Franklin Street, ca. 1895Hubbard Free Library 250 men worked at both the quarry and the granite yard."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Cunningham School

"… was renamed Cunningham Middle School in honor of Franklin Cunningham, a former principal. Skyway Middle School, located on the other side of the…"

Historic Hallowell - Keeping Us Safe: Fire Department and Police Force

"… the oldest fire organization started by Benjamin Franklin. The musters and carnivals were a way of raising money for the Fire Club."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"The Universalists had a facility at the corner of Franklin Street and Plymouth Avenue. The Baptist Church is located just down Plymouth Avenue hill."

Lewiston Public Library

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell House

"The Federal Period architected building spanned eighty-four feet on Second Street, rose five stories high, stretched one-hundred and twenty-three…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"1875Guilford Historical Society FRANKLIN HOUSE, TURNER HOUSE, BRAEBURN HOTEL AND EDES BUILDING Turner House, North Main & Water Street…"

Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police

"Until the advent of Franklin Stoves and other enclosed heating systems the average home burned 20 to 30 cords of wood per year--with a resulting high…"

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"… French, Park and Center Streets were rebuilt, along with a synagogue on Center Street. Franklin Street, Bangor, 1911Bangor Public Library"

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"Squire Morgan -- A Maine Franklin. Jonathan Morgan, a young lawyer, came from Portland around 1800 “to grow with the town.” A man of great talent and…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"… Canadian island in the Bay of Fundy and site of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s long time summer home, lies 10 miles across open ocean from mainland New…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"In 1753, the British Government named Benjamin Franklin as one of two deputies in charge of the colonial mail system."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"The East Dixfield Post Office has been moved four times--twice to the Dixfield side of Main Street and twice to the Wilton side where it is located…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"Franklin, Bartlett and Hiram Plummer bought the rest of the power. Charles H. Bartlett and Gene Jenkins started a salt box factory and manufactured…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"… line of New Portland, is the county line between Franklin and Somerset counties. David Hutchins, originally from Massachusetts and a descendent of…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… all, into a big black kettle and boiled on their Franklin stove. After cooking to the consistency of molasses, it was strained to skim off all…"