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Howard House, Bangor, 1869

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"No doubt the Portuguese explorer Estevao Gomes in 1525 and perhaps before him, the Vikings, noted the same remarkable features: a deep river that…"

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Skolfield Women, Brunswick, ca. 1900

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Aerial view looking toward Lubec, ca. 1950

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

"… organizers thought what might be controlled is explored. Technological innovations allowed the centralization of can production in the first decade…"

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Class in front of Blue Hill Academy, Blue Hill, 1893

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"This prepared them for marine navigation and exploration, and taught them outdoor skills; things a person could learn in camp today."

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SEE NOTE Detail of USGS Topographical Map of Bath, 2000

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"And, no settlements resulted from early European explorations of the area until the Popham Colony was started at the mouth of the Kennebec in 1607."

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Cottage baby with student nurse, Farmington, ca. 1947

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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