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John Martin: Expert Observer - Wood pile, 130 Center St., Bangor, ca. 1864

"Wood pile, 130 Center St., Bangor, ca. 1864 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin…"

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons

"She piled all her findings in a simple shopping bag. Russell Douglass X Fifty years later, the bag was given to the Hampden Historical Society…"

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Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"… Society Every street in town was reported piled high with drifts, much pushed onto sidewalks “which are now but a pleasant memory.” Blizzard…"

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Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"… location, out at the end of the wharf on long pilings, on the right in Van Riper’s photograph. This was so that herring could be unloaded even at…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"The huge piles of pulpwood that were stored on the grounds of the International Paper Company and the Oxford Paper Company were constantly sprayed…"

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Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… large scale: large farms and mowing fields, great piles of mussel-bed, with large barns and hay crops And...there were often three or four vessels…"

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Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"Now, only a few rotting pilings remain to mark the site.Photo donated by Edith Comstock.Lubec Memorial Library Alas, late in July of 1898 rumors…"

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… the vendor frantically searched throughout the pile of dresses before finally locating the missing item)."

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Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… building." The details also noted that the "huge piles of charred rubble [were] gone and plans to rebuild were underway.” Today a new photography…"

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Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"… side, the bottom rammed firmly against the wood piling. The Canadians scrambled onto the trestle, never getting their feet wet."