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Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 2 of 2

"The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style Presque Isle Historical Society Sadie took the clothes and hung them on a line outside."

Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 1 of 2

"The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style Text by Ben, a Presque Isle Middle School student Images from the Presque Isle Historical Society…"

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Wadsworth Era: 1786-1807

"… Wadsworth family employed servants to cook, do laundry, clean and care for the family. Some lived in the house, while others worked during the day…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 2 of 4

"… preparation, spinning, weaving, clothes-making, laundry, and childcare. Women also traded with nearby households, and wives assumed financial and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"Emily Manchester operated a hand laundry business in the back of her home. She employed several workers to wash and iron the rusticators' clothing."

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"… clothes in the bathtubs is not allowed. The laundry is for such purposes.” “Do not monopolize the telephone for any length of time” “Standing on…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"… building also had space for the Guilford Steam Laundry and D.H. Whiting & Sons Company. In this photo, the town of Guilford was preparing for the…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"Insurance representatives, laundries, express service, boat yards, livery stables and blacksmith shops were all present and island-based."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"Smith's was a laundry facility and A.G. Page sold jewelry right next to it. All these businesses helped the hotel to become the biggest and most…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… and beds, because Farmington also boasted a steam laundry. Farmington State Normal School, Farmington, 1870Farmington Historical Society…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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