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Margaret Chase Smith Library

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales Buildings

"2009 X Sources: Graves, Richard A. Forgotten Times: A Walk through History. 2007. "Mac a.k.a. "Bones." Personal Interview. 2009."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 4 of 13

"The digger shown here required a person to ride on the digger to adjust the front of the digger so that it will cut into the row at the right height."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 2 of 2

"Personal Interview with Mr. Bilancia's 7th grade Maine Studies Classes. 04/14/2010. The Brady Gang. Famous Cases."

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 2 of 2

"Eisenhower who appointed her as his personal and confidential secretary. For ten months she worked at his side on Operation Overlord, the planning…"

Lincoln, Maine - Communication & Transportation

"… a topic deeply), INTERPERSONAL (making a personal connection to a topic), or SELF-EXPRESSIVE (taking a non-traditional, often artistic, approach to…"

Lincoln, Maine - Main Street

"… a topic deeply), INTERPERSONAL (making a personal connection to a topic), or SELF-EXPRESSIVE (taking a non-traditional, often artistic, approach to…"

Lincoln, Maine - Founding Fathers & Early History

"… a topic deeply), INTERPERSONAL (making a personal connection to a topic), or SELF-EXPRESSIVE (taking a non-traditional, often artistic, approach to…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Maine's Pauper Laws and the Cumberland Overseers of the Poor

"Another provision of the law required the Overseers to provide immediate comfort and relief to all persons, regardless of settlement, who fall into…"

Bangor Police Museum

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - -Across the Sea- a history through transportation

"… What is life like on a Maine island? What sort of person chooses to place six miles of water between themselves and "civilization?" The people of…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor Commercial article on World's Fair contest

"The person in each category -- one from Bangor, one from outside -- won the trip. John and Clara Martin's youngest child, Mabelle Martin (1866-1899)…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 6, pages 97-113

"Part 6, pages 97-113 Topics and personalities include: Irish immigrants Brig. Gen. Plaisted Col. Israel B. Norcross Capt. John B. Nickels Co."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Arvida Hayford, Bangor, ca. 1867

"I have given his person & expression almost exact representing him carrying his pitcher of water to his office on maine st ..." Martin wrote that…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Fashions Far & Away

"… skirt, and other items ranging in use from personal effects, bespoke gifts, and those likely intended for the Chinese tourism market."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Years on Mt. Desert Island

"… for a total of approximately 648 individual persons which include Junior Neptune and Nathaniel Gatchall who are listed as “all other free persons”…"

Historic Hallowell - Cotton Mill & Johnson Shoe Citations

"2011. Webber, Sumner A. Personal interview. 10 Mar. 2011. Webber, Sumner. Personal interview. 20 Apr. 2011. Whitman, William. ed."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 12 of 13

"Although it took two person to load a 160 pound (81 kg) barrel with the hand grapple, some strong-armed barrel loaders could do this alone."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Beniah Harding

"… stock market crash Did you know anyone who was personally affected and committed suicide? No How did your family take it? My father was fortunate…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society - Page 2 of 3

"Historic clothing collections offer insight to personality, life, and profession in a uniquely outward facing way."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Wabanaki Today

"… and visitors helps to dispel stereotypes, create personal relationships, and establish Mount Desert Island as a unique place."

Historic Hallowell - Commerce on the Kennebec Citations

"Joppa work cited page Webber, Sumner A. Personal interview. 13 Apr. 2011 Lipfert, Nathan “Whaling.” E-mail to Samantha L. Hallowell 8 Apr. 2011."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 2 of 5

"The “digger man” was the person who drove the machine that would dig up the potatoes. The potato truck had full and empty barrels on the back of it."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 2 of 13

"A person would not want to be in the way. It's likely that this type of digger bruised potatoes. Needless to say, this rotating arms design did not…"