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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"It was a hardware store on the first floor and the First National Bank on the second floor. John Scales & Sons became the firm name on January 20…"

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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 1 of 5

"… next 5 pages: 1) Odd Fellows Hall, Bank Square 2) Scales Building, Guilford Fire Station 3) Guilford High School, Braeburn Hotel, Low's Covered…"

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Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"SCALES BLOCK AND BANK SQUARE Scales Buildings, Guilford, ca. 1880Guilford Historical Society This photograph shows the beginning of the Scales…"

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Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"… utilizing forest products on a large scale was Guilford Lumber Company, makers of box shooks (the sides of wooden boxes, popular in the days before…"

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Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"The Guilford Hospital was formally opened. N. N. Scales purchased H. Douglass and Co. and after interior changes, continued sales of groceries…"

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Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"The logs were scaled to a specific length on the way or upon arrival to the saw mill. Then the logs were de-barked."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Land Dealings

"… The Unmasked Nabob of Hancock County or The Scales Dropt from the Eyes of the People. The tract, which was eventually attributed to Samuel Ely…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857

"… also moved from Warren and established a large-scale shipbuilding business at Fort Wharf on lower Knox Street."

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Historic Hallowell - One of Many Monuments

"… with the creation of a model which was then "scaled-up" to the dimensions of the actual size so the stone carvers could begin their work."

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Historic Hallowell - More About the Johnson Brothers

"Soon, it went from a small-scale business to a major industry. The Johnson Shoe Factory was doing quite well when, unfortunately, Wil Johnson died in…"

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Historic Hallowell - Nature's Bounty - Raw Material, Close at Hand

"The quarry worker gives scale to the granite slab. Stone and statuary were protected during shipment (by ship, and after 1852, by rail) in crates…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 1 of 2

"The modernization project is a large-scale construction project that is renovating and adding to the hospital."

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Early Maine Photography - Studio Portraits

"… between portrait photography and the larger scale, and more costly tradition of portrait painting. Samuel L."

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John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 1 of 2

"… entirely from memory and not made by any given scale of feet." Martin achieved respectability in that he apparently was viewed as honest…"

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Early Maine Photography - MHS Early Maine Photography Collections

"… perspective, met the immediate needs of a small-scale repository, such as MHS during the 19th and early 20th centuries."

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Oakfield Historical Society

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 1 of 2

"X The demise of these large scale manufacturers meant that for quite some time things appeared bleak for the Biddeford area."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 2 of 4

"To increase acreage yields, large-scale diking was undertaken. Ditches were dug to drain wet, mosquito-breeding areas; pannes were filled; and tide…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 1 of 3

"… a draft contract which gives an idea of the pay scale of those days, each laborer was to be paid $1.75 per day for a nine-hour day; a double team…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"People were out of work or on a wage scale that precluded any extra pleasure trips, and fewer people were riding the trolley to Portland for shopping."

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Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… much business activity with everything on a large scale: large farms and mowing fields, great piles of mussel-bed, with large barns and hay crops…"

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Otisfield Historical Society

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Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"Boys practiced marksmanship with scaled-down bows and arrows. The girls would gather nuts, greens, roots and firewood."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… like an old fashioned “cob house” on an improved scale. The interior is filled with heavy stones and gravel."