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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 22-71

"… John French George Knowles John Pomlow Electric street railroad, Bangor Col. John Black Dr. Moses Adams Mary Adams Adams murder trial John Martin…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood

"… neighborhood near his home and with it, came a street that still bears his name. And he supported education, presumably because he didn’t have a…"

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Historic Hallowell - City Marshals

"… malicious mischief, one breaking and digging in street, and one disturbing public meeting . The most difficult issue was keeping an appropriate…"

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Schools

"Hallowell Schools Warren Street School, Hallowell, ca. 1890Courtesy of Sumner A. Webber, Sr., an individual partner The founders of Hallowell…"

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Historic Hallowell - The Information Call Script

"… IN HALLOWELL, AND AS I REMEBER, IT WAS AN ONE WAY STREET. FROM THERE I SAW ROOFS BEING THROWN AROUND AND I SAW MR."

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Historic Hallowell - Henry Pope Clearwater Ph.D.~ Patient Medicine Mass Marketer

"… packages and circular letters sent from his Water Street location necessitated the construction of a new Post Office in Hallowell."

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Historic Hallowell - The Cyclone of 1895

"… Cotton Mill roof was torn off and thrown into the street below. The wind propelled 8 inch square cotton mill roof timbers into nearby buildings."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"… Roberts opened Agamont House at the foot of Main Street, where he also built the village's first wharf."

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 452-534

"… John Martin Jr., his house and gardens on Center Street -- with illustrations, and business dealings and failures, including Pendleton & Ross, Shaw…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 121-end

"… and changes in life -- trolleys, gas, electric street lights, and U.S. Mail boxes. He wrote again about his family's history in Ellsworth, his…"

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Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing Class Photos

"John Street location, creating one space for classrooms, a library, and faculty offices. In 1968, the School of Nursing contracted with St."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Inns

"… Rodick House at the corner of Main and Cottage streets. Established in 1866 and twice expanded, it had become Maine’s largest and most famous…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Arriving in Bar Harbor

"… built a simple wooden wharf at the end of Main Street in Bar Harbor, making it possible for the steamboat Rockland to add the town to its run."

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Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"Bush Celebrity Golf Classic. Located on State Street less than a block from Mercy Hospital, and near other local medical facilities, in 2018, Gary’s…"

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 16 of 17

"… April 3rd, Biddeford and Saco rejoiced in the streets as the news of Lee’s surrender spread like wildfire."

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Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"… where the Bulkhead is at the bottom of Winthrop Street, stated Sam Webber. Ships that came into Hallowell were from New Bedford, New York, Boston…"

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Early Settlement

"… family on a knoll which is now known as Dudley Street. He then took advantage of power created by the rushing waters of the Souadabscook and built…"

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Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"Fat Collection Students at Fifth Street School were collecting fat for the war effort. X Another thing everyone was inspired to do was save all…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Andrew Anderson

"… ya know they had public road projects paving streets so it wasn’t so bad here. The city was much worse. We moved- I forget which year."

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Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"… on the intersection of Congress and State Street (681 Congress) for the venture. On December 12, 1918, the anniversary of the founding of the…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"… the Sea Siders played at the YMCA on Mount Desert Street and eventually moved to a building on Cottage Street called the Casino."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Woodrow Wilson

"… school it’s no longer there used to be on school street. Kristen Sawyer: In Thomaston? What town did you live in? Woodrow Wilson: Thomaston."

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"… the faces and names of those they met on the street. "William S. Silsby" Ferry, Swan's Island, ca."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"… erected the building that still stands on Cottage Street today. Unlike the naked pine-and-paint stage set look of the Star, the Criterion boasted a…"