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

"Of course, we didn’t know it but they (the owners) knew by their books that things were going to happen. It just started to go right down hill."

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… living in rows of company houses built by factory owners. Men gathered the herring from weirs, transported them to the factories, cooked the…"

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Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"It worked this way: Owners of existing canneries in Lubec and Eastport, and elsewhere, would be given shares in the syndicate and cash for granting…"

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Icons & Influencers

"The paper began featuring photographs under owner Colonel Fred Dow (son of infamous Temperance advocate, Neal Dow), but starting with Guy Gannett’s…"

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

"It was no different for the owners who were generally their own managers. They too, as John McCurdy, learned from family members how to manage the…"

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"… Evelyn was daughter of Bion Moses Pike, owner of the Lubec Sardine Co., who had donated the land to the town for the Civil War Soldiers’ monument…"

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"By 1793 Knox was the sole owner of the Waldo Patent. General Knox took an active interest in his newly acquired land, and set about putting his…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"Business owners also advertised by placing large signs outside their shops; these symbols made people instantly recognize the type of retail store."

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Historic Hallowell - A Chosen Place ~ Once Again

"… a destination of choice for businesses and home owners, attracting all age groups. As Baron Wormser observed: In its modest way (because just…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"The current owners of the printing company are Eric and Pamela Allen. Previously, Russell J. Hatch owned the Printing Company from 1983 to 1991."

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Historic Clothing Collection - The Maine Historical Society Historic Dress Collection - Page 1 of 2

"Provenance may stem from the original owner, a family member or descendant, written documentation, maker labels, place of origin; or be established…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Solomon's Store

"… through a lot of different changes, names, and owners over the years. The different names were Lincoln Clothing Co., Grindell’s Store, Solomon’s…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln House Hotel

"The owners were William P. Leighton, Peleg T. Jones, H.G. Coburn, the Libby brothers, H.H. Fiske, the Woods brothers, Samuel H."

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 2 of 3

"… and the city's residents included business owners, doctors, lawyers, judges, druggists, opticians, superintendents, artisans and crafters of all…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store

"Another difference is, the former owner of Osgood’s is not the current owner of Marden’s. Mr.Osgood has passed away."

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John Martin: Expert Observer - About This Project

"… died in 1931 and Ella (1869-1945) became the sole owner of the Bangor property, which the sisters had turned into rental property."

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

"A successful merchant, he was also a farmer, owner of trading vessels and a town justice. The King home, built across from the marsh, was originally…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"When the owners of the clothing saw the photo, the “girls had quite a time getting out of that fix.” Main Street looking west, Northeast Harbor…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"Transportation was taken over by individual boat owners, who served as an on-demand ferry system. "Sunbeam" as a car ferry, Swan's Island, ca."

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"Store owners on the island did not always expect to make a handsome profit, sometimes giving food on semi-permanent credit when they saw neighbors in…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"… survived more than a decade, but the business owners struggled with the process of collecting the milk, and even faced a lack of cows to produce…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"When mill owner Charles Forster died, his estate funded a 16-bed hospital. Doris Clark was Bell’s nurse for 18 years."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Village Schools

"Brackley, a local business owner, donated a parcel of land on Upper Main Street, which was more than adequate for a school."

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

"… the inland acreage known as "back lots." The owners of these large pieces of property needed roads to get to their holdings to start cutting the…"