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Historic Hallowell - Maine Industrial School for Girls

"Maine Industrial School for Girls Industrial School for Girls, Winthrop Hill, Hallowell, ca. 1919Hubbard Free Library The purpose of the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"At age 18 he founded La Fanfare Painchaud (Painchaud's Band), which would become one of the most famous bands of its time, and played all over New…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"Chase. In 1847, at age 23, when he was first mate on the Sarah E. Snow, the bark was shipwrecked off the coast of Ireland; he was the only survivor."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… led the state of Maine into its “Golden Economic Age” in the 1850s, as demand for Maine products grew and statewide population more than doubled."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"… venture in Maine and the paper industry, at the age of 25, was the manufacturing of wood fiber tableware which was lost to fire."

Historic Hallowell - The Stevens Training Center Serenaders

"… children of the State." X The girls, ages seven through fifteen attended classes and participated in many other activities like singing."

Historic Hallowell - Carvers and Quarrymen

"… came to America with his parents in 1877 at the age of 27. As a youth Protasio worked in the marble quarries of Carrara famous for providing the…"

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

"With Boise came the computer age and nuclear source devices that could measure thickness, conductivity, moisture, and quality indexes on materials in…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"We can only guess at its age. His talent as a musician and composer is the thing that insures his memory."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… D., “Some Historical Data on the Maine Sardine Industry”, Maine Sardine Industry History. Varney, George A., A Gazetteer of the State of Maine…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"Lubec sardine industry, ca. 1950Maine Historical Society The industry began in Eastport in the 1870s, came over to Lubec and grew phenomenally in…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Granite left behind after the ice age formed much of the landscape. In the distance, Mt. Blue stands as a sentinel overlooking Farmington."

Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"… did you stop because you wanted to or because the industry was going down? S: When the industry went down they closed that factory (Union) and I…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… period of time, Scarborough was part of the new age of aviation and had its own airport, yet another means of travel that increased opportunities…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Summer Pleasures

"For kids of all ages, the summer free time was just so much fun. Trip to Stonington from Swan's Island, ca."

Historic Hallowell - Child Labor

"A lot of children worked at the age of seven, they worked in mills or moving heavy loads. The children didn't get time to play or rest; and they…"

Historic Hallowell - Poor Farm

"The number over sixty years of age, 9; the oldest is 84; the youngest 18; average age about 63. There have been no deaths, and the general health of…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"At the age of seventy-five years old, he could vault into the saddle as lightly as a boy! In addition to agriculture, Holmantown pioneers raised…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"For further information on this topic, please visit Businesses/Cottage Industries and Netting on Islesboro video . Islesboro, ca."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 2 of 2

"He died in New York City on July 8, 1912 at age 67. SOURCES: Hugh J. Chisholm’s Magic Town, 1882-1912, by Peter A."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 1 of 2

"… he became friends with another newsboy about his age, Thomas A. Edison, the inventor; this friendship lasted throughout their lives."

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilders, Sailors and Whaling Men

"… the lives of the entire crew, including William Drew, age 15, and Charles Pierce, the son of E. G. Pierce, age 21. Next step in our journey."

Historic Hallowell - Seaport on the Kennebec

"… at the time "Every boy who had arrived at the age of eighteen and who had not been on a voyage to the East or West Indies, was looked upon as 'non…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"… of Mexico went to work in the mill at the age of "not quite 15 years." Germaine Thomas of Dixfield remembers receiving 35 cents per hour."