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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"For example, it was quite common to hear “dump the string” when the stern came between those two large trees on Stratton Island."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - WWI Impact on Farmington's Agriculture

"Wesley Pratt cannery put up over 7,000 cases of string beans in 1918 and Burnham and Morrill who owned corn canneries, offered 5 cents per pound, a…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1800-1830 - Page 1 of 2

"Illustrating 1804 styling, a high waist, draw string, oval neck, puff sleeved, black gauze overdress is all that survives to record what Zilpah…"

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Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 3 of 4

"Stringing the herring Frank Van Riper, photo X Step three: “Stringing” The work of putting herring on the traditional sticks was still the same…"

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

"The building then turned over to a string of owners, starting with the Eureka Club. The building at various times housed a movie…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"… where necessary, concentrating all lines on one string of poles instead of two. A close working relationship with summer resident John D."

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

"Hall talked about them when describing “stringing,” calling them “ordinary dip nets” and noting they were also called “wash nets in this locality.”…"

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Blue Hill, Maine - The Musical Culture of Blue Hill

"He founded the Kneisel Quartet, a string quartet musical group. The first members of the Kneisel Quartet were: Franz Kneisel on 1st violin, E."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"Dr. Robert Lehman, director of the strings program at the University of Southern Maine, has since performed two concerts with the violin."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"… by a single buoy; this is called a trawl or a string. As weather permits, traps are hauled up one to five days later."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"They would notch the branch, and add a string with a hook. Worms were also used for bait a lot. Outside of Strong during this time period, the most…"

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Music in Maine - Radio Cowboys and Country Music

"… walked the face of the earth.” A pioneer of seven string guitar playing, Breau recorded material for 31 albums, many produced posthumously, and…"