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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Sports
"The Portland Press Herald Glass Plate Collection contains many examples of sports photography, from high school sports to photographs of famous…"
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Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 1 of 2
"A half plate daguerreotype by the Portland photographer Samuel L. Carleton shows twenty-nine club members seated or standing in rows."
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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2
"… & disaster in the Portland Press Herald Glass Plate Negative collection Like contemporary news coverage, the Portland Evening Express and Press…"
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Historic Hallowell - Eastern Illustrating Company
"The exposed glass plate negatives were sent back to the "factory" in Belfast where they were processed, printed and sent back to the general stores…"
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John Martin: Expert Observer - John and Clara Martin wedding hack, Bangor, 1850
"… and also the window to the door the straps were plated." The horses were black geldings that cost $500."
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1800-1830 - Page 2 of 2
"… embellished skirts and sleeves seen in fashion plates of the 1820s. Along this vein, however, there is a fine white satin gown with an undulating…"
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Industries
"… upholstery and the production of vehicle license plates. Inmates worked in gardens, first at a location adjoining the prison, and later on land…"
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Women Leaders and Temperance
"Burden Collection This charming plate belonged to Lillian M. N. Stevens. A teetotaler is one that abstains from alcohol."
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Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2
"… soldiers…Most of these are taken on the (tintype) plate for the reason that it is light, durable, and easily sent in a letter." John Mahoney…"
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Business as Usual
"… of Maine Historical Society, Gannett Glass Plate Negative Collection One of the major figures of American industrialization, Henry Ford (born John…"
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts
"Islesboro Inn Commemorative Plate, ca. 1900Islesboro Historical Society Similar to the summer residents of Ryder’s Cove and Hewes Point, the Dark…"
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"… should be consulted along with additional related plates in the Historical Atlas of Maine. Areas of the northeastern border with a less dense…"
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"… Maine (Orono: University of Maine Press, 2015), plate 21 Hoy, Benjamin. A Line of Blood and Dirt: Creating the Canada-United States border across…"
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Bootleggers vs. Police
"… violation of state laws X Maine License Plate, 1921 Courtesy of Drew Masterson, originally from Mr. and Mrs. James M."
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Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area
"… feasts, which whoever is invited MUST bring one plate of wood or bark and then I give the benediction upon the meats."
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Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3
"… made of wood and horsehair plaster, with copper plating around the outside. The basement was made of bedrock and the pillars on the front porch are…"
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - A Call to Temperance
"… William and Debra Barry X Father Matthew Plate White earthenware, ca. 1849 Courtesy of the Charles E."
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Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor
"Tin plates came to the shop, undecorated ones for tops and bottoms, lithographed ones for the sides with the company name and brand."
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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview
"After the north-south oriented bedrock underlying the parallel ridges and valleys was formed and re-formed by plate movements hundreds of millions of…"