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

"A small number of affluent widows and single women were therefore among those colonists who became landowners."

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

"… tying two communities in two nations into a single working relationship. The photo upper right shows the crowd walking to the center of the bridge…"

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Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"… from the new steamer service with horse drawn single and double hitches a common sight along the wharf."

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Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… 1976 • Completion of school additions to create a single complex – Lubec Consolidated School 1977 • Construction of Lubec Municipal Building on…"

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Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… in gold were flowing through Lubec Narrows every single day.” He and his boyhood friend, Fisher, founded the Electrolytic Marine Salts Company, an…"

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"In winter, it was the single source of ice which was floated downstream to Sprague’s Cove and then shipped to far off lands."

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"1890, when a single line was strung between the Islesboro Inn in Dark Harbor and Delmart Hatch’s livery stable, for use by the Inn’s guests."

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 1 of 4

"… level buckled belt, and a straight skirt with a single neat pleat falling below knee at one side. An easy fitting three-quarter sleeved unlined…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 4 of 4

"… a dramatic wide spreading collar, and a statement single button front closure. One of its inside labels reads "Ben Zuckerman New York" and the…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 4 of 7

"… available 192 portions was considered to have a single share, worth approximately £216 during the 1750s, at a time when an artisan in Massachusetts…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Civil War

"At home, women were left to tend the farms, manage family business, care for the sick and elderly, raise children, and bear the awful news that too…"

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

"Combined with the single school, single store, and ease of travel, the post office consolidation has all but eliminated the practical separation…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"Only a single hand colored photograph remains to document the Universalist Church. Oliver Moses rented the upstairs of the Church Block to a…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"was organized in 1913 with six single coating machines. It was to purchase paper in rolls from the Oxford Paper Company, coat both sides, then cut to…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - About This Project

"… the house in Bangor and everything in it to two single cousins, Fannie E. and Ella J. Stevens of Windham, daughters of Martin's eldest half-sister…"

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"May baskets were hung on doors every single year. There was a drama club that would perform at Chase Hall a couple of times a year."

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Pejepscot Historical Society

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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