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'Melissa Trask,' 1884

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… churches, a blacksmith's shop, a schoolhouse, a boarding house and two wharves, where, for a time, loads of coal and pulp wood waited for the…"

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Margaret Payson's square shouldered dress, Portland, ca. 1943

Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 1 of 3

"Clothing was not rationed as it was in Britain, but the War Production Board (WPB) issued order L-85 in March 1942 to regulate the amount of fabric…"

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Rendering for Irving C. Bailey Esq., Winthrop, 1883

Architecture & Landscape database - Gridley Barrows

"My sense is that as a designer he was deliberate, rational, and precise. His buildings - those that I know of - reflect those qualities."

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Champlain Society Camp Pemetic, Mount Desert Island, 1881

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"… pathless glens to rugged summits; and we carried rations for only half a day, we felt nevertheless the spirit of explorers in unknown lands, and…"