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Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 2 of 4

Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 2 of 4

"… Helen Bancroft Hay's cameo-button striped dress, Charlestown, MA., ca. 1860Maine Historical Society Supported and shaped by stiff horsehair…"

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Etching of Maine State Prison, Thomaston, Maine 1855

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison is built - 1823 to 1824

"… and fourteen prisoners from a facility in Charlestown, MA were transported by boat up the George's River to Thomaston, where they joined about 21…"

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Fales Edgarton House, Thomaston, ca. 1870

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Andrew Anderson

"… I was in the service and a friar came in from Charlestown media and saw us giving a 24 hour pass to go home and spend the night with my parents and…"

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Captain John W. Kane, Blue Hill, ca. 1900

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… large cargoes went out to be used in building the Charlestown Navy Yard. Later shipments included eight columns 28 feet long for the Dutch Reformed…"