Keywords: young women
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Site Pages
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Early Maine Photography - Human Interest
"… toward Maine’s prohibition laws, two young women with whiskey glasses in hand rest their elbows on a table displaying a liquor bottle (pictured at…"
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Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor
"All of these women have played a big part in the history of Bangor and have inspired people all around the world."
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Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 2 of 2
"… is the indoor setting of a tintype of two women who are seated between a trompe l’oeil doorway and window."
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Early Maine Photography - Early Maine Photography at Maine Historical Society
"… makes a photograph "early"? Unidentified women, ca. 1860Maine Historical Society In respect to photography, the widely accepted definition of…"
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"Women sorted, added any condiments and packed the sardines into cans. Each factory would sound its own distinctive whistle to alert workers that…"
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Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor
"Then they went to the Packing Room where women and girls placed the herring in cans, generally in a large well-lit area on the second floor."
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Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 1 of 2
"The Gardner Lake Tragedy Miriam Kelley as a young woman X Images from the family of Miriam Kelley Doherty Research and text by Seth Doherty…"
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Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2
"Here it is up to the eaves of the building, and young Fletcher Downes is standing on top of the bank."
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Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 2 of 2
"Young researchers, Lubec 5th grade 2008-2009 Robert Wallace, Emma Page, Seth Doherty (Miriam's grandson), Stephanie Wright, Austin Serrato X…"
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries
"Across the street was a women's dress shop, operated by local businessman Walter Hall and a gas service station."
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1900-1910 - Page 1 of 3
"… Evening Post covers, featuring sporty young women and men wearing shirts. As yet, examples of practical, back pleat, "Gibson Girl" skirts and…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 1 of 4
"… in the late 1950s to early 1960s, the custom of girls and young women dressing or wearing hair and make-up like their mothers, faded away."
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1960-1970 - Page 1 of 3
"… tie dyed T-shirts, message T-shirts, pants for women, cheap flowing Indian print skirts and caftans, exotic ethnic garments collected on trips to…"
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools
"… high schools in the state” be set up to “give our young people the same opportunities as those in other places.” By the following year, the high…"
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements
"Its young residents attended the Parker School. Although road signs to Pripet still exist, no one knows the actual boundaries or how it got it’s name."
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 3 of 3
"1937 Crosby served as a role model for young women interested in the outdoors. Strong Historical Society Cornelia “Fly Rod” Crosby died on Armistice…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1960-1970 - Page 2 of 3
"Perhaps the two closest examples are a young woman's multi-colored patchwork mini skirt, made from leather but lined in synthetic fabric, and a lime…"
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Summer Pleasures cont'd
"This was a time when the young people on the island got to meet people from the other sides of the island."
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Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 3 of 3
"… to the small stylish town of Wiscasset in 1800, young Eliza Southgate wrote home urging her mother to “please send my spotted muslin.” And, as the…"
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Historic Hallowell - Values and Charity
"… causing poverty and homelessness for young women, Mary Merrick Flagg and Mrs. A.C. Dummer proposed an Industrial School for Girls, which was…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1970-1980 - Page 1 of 3
"The present assortment of teen or young women’s wear speaks of conservative style, rather than hippie and anti-establishment garb."
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 2 of 4
"1955Maine Historical Society From young and casual versions, to the more mature and formal, the collection's "New Look" examples all have fitted…"
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Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block
"… on the Church Block that are still there are women's faces cast into the iron columns. Haley bill for Church Block, Bath, 1886Patten Free…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 2 of 2
"Washing the clothes took two to three hours. Some women also did laundry for other people, such as neighbors and friends, to make extra money."