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Historic Hallowell - Industrial Recources

"… Iron, Jerry Iron, Nog, Oker, Pitch Ladle, Racing Knife, Reeming Iron, and Wrung Staff. Now here are the descriptions of each tool."

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 3 of 4

"… fit bodice waists involved tight dense gathers, knife pleats, arrangements of double and multiple box pleats or some combination."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 1 of 2

"… bought big blocks of soap and sliced them with a knife. She then took the soap and dropped it in the tub to let it dissolve and make suds."

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Historic Clothing Collection - Square shouldered cape and suit ensemble, ca. 1943 - Page 1 of 3

"… popularity during the 1930s, while the shorter, knife pleat skirt is indicative of war-time fashions."

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 3 of 3

"… heavy silk dress with decorative trimmings and a knife pleated knee length skirt front; Anne F. Wilson's red long sleeved early rayon dress…"

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Quenching the Thirst

"… Text Book of Political Deviltry, With Jack-Knife Illustrations: Maine's Small-Bore Politicians and Facts About Temperance Hypocrites Benjamin F…"

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Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilding

"There was also a drawing knife, a slender blade with sharp points protruding from the bottom, and on either side, there were wooden handles which one…"

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

"… fish in the left hand at once and, with a large knife in the right, cuts off the heads one at a time” (p. 475)."

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Boning Knife, Islesboro, ca. 1800Islesboro Historical Society The earliest settlers lived from the land and sea."