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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of East New Portland

"The bridge was a five-span structure, with granite block piers and abutments supporting five timber kingpost trusses."

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

"… bridge in the distance Roadwork on bridge surface, Lubec, 1962 Lubec Historical Society Lubec waterfront from new bridge, 1962 Lubec…"

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village Schools

"… School and the Red Schoolhouse with it's plaque Red School New Portland Hill X Plaque from the Red Schoolhouse X The Elder Neighborhood…"

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Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"… with the row of “windows” painted the bright red that John McCurdy favored. On the roof peak there was a fixed ventilator."

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Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"… Society The I.O.R.M (Improved Order of Red Men) Band marched, followed by the Eastport High School Cadets, and as listed in the program “Float of…"

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

"They paid for all that, and the bouquet – a dozen red roses. I bought my gown at Unobsky’s Store, downtown. It was a beautiful thing. It was lovely."

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Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"… a three month school, then best known as the "Red Schoolhouse." Falling victim to the whims of spirited townspeople, the nomadic little schoolhouse…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The McCormick house

"… Stockbridge, Earl and Eleanor Tozier, Betty Staples Byrd (with her seven children), Vincent and Charlotte Bridges, and Sheldon and Tina Torrey."

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Liz, widow Clark, Bangor, 1848

"… Kenduskeag bridge dressed in two suits made of red Thibot dress brown sock and red hoods." "They created a sensation all over the city," according…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Telephone communication

"Frank Bridges was president of the Swan’s Island telephone company, one of his many enterprises. Another resident, Russell Burns, was the island…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Caring For Our Families and Friends

"There is a note in our reading that Clarissa Bridges served as a midwife for at least a decade beginning in 1880."

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Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School

"Hopscotch and London Bridges, marbles and ball games filled the play area adjacent to the school at recess time."

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Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"When the Waldo-Hancock Bridge opened in 1931, this marvel of engineering provided a much easier mode of transportation at a time when more and more…"

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Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"Main Street and bridge, Surry, 1912Surry Historical Society Probably because Surry originated in East Surry, which was tightly tied to Ellsworth…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"Also the builders had the angel's red boots turned to stockings. Oliver and William V. Moses bought the church's lot and arranged the demolition of…"

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Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 2 of 3

"Red deer processing 85 cents per pound dressed; inspection charge is included to kill. Buffalo/bison processing is 40 cents per pound dressed, $100…"

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry

"… a large boarding house, a store, twelve houses on Red Row for their workers’ families, a stable and two barns."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico Corner

"In 1901 the Red Bridge was built near this location. Isaac Gleason was considered the pioneer of Mexico Corner."

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Music in Maine - Opera, Orchestras and Stages

"Aunt Lu helped to build an actual bridge to Indian Island. Installed in 1950, it was a hand me down bridge from Howland."

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"White Wyandottes, Plymouth rocks and Rhode Island reds were the principal breeds kept, and many eggs were shipped for hatching. Shaw Bros."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"The big red trolley cars were greeted very enthusiastically with bunting and flags, speeches, dignitaries, and music."

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… Hill Village The Buxton Tavern (known as the Red House) and the Buxton Tavern Stand across the road were at the heart of the village."

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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