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| 3029 | Building the Better Lobster Trap |
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| "Jim Knott, 76, is said to be the reason wooden lobster traps now are used mostly as decorations or glass-topped coffee tables. He is credited with developing the first wire lobster trap and being the first to use one, in 1957, off Good Harbor Beach on Gloucester’s eastern shore. " Bangor Daily News | 
Description: "Jim Knott, 76, is said to be the reason wooden lobster traps now are used mostly as decorations or glass-topped coffee tables. He is credited with developing the first wire lobster trap and being the first to use one, in 1957, off Good Harbor Beach on Gloucester’s eastern shore. " Bangor Daily News | ||
| 12790 | State Receives Low Bid of $5.35 Million for Demolition of Waldo-Hancock Bridge |
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| By Mario Moretto Bangor Daily News Staff August 11, 2012 | 
Description: By Mario Moretto Bangor Daily News Staff August 11, 2012 | ||
| 13637 | Recovered - Friendship Sloop-Maine Sloop Boat |
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| 13644 | Recovered Sloop Can Be Fixed, Owner Says |
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| 13646 | Safe Racing |
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| 14994 | Article and Photograph About Howe D. Higgins' Hobby Business |
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| 3475 | A Biography of Ruth Moore of Gott’s Island, Maine |
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| Reprinted in The Newsletter of the Tremont Historical Society - 2007-2008. | 
Description: Reprinted in The Newsletter of the Tremont Historical Society - 2007-2008. | ||
| 14997 | The Revenue Man - Catching Smugglers During Prohibition Was Tough Work |
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| 3462 | A Literary Refuge: Ruth Moore and Eleanor Mayo |
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| The article appears in Chebacco: The Magazine of Mount Desert Island Historical Society. Volume XIII, 2012, p. 39-49 | 
Description: The article appears in Chebacco: The Magazine of Mount Desert Island Historical Society. Volume XIII, 2012, p. 39-49 | ||
| 13497 | Making Wood Sing |
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| A profile of Ralph Stanley focused on his fiddle playing and making. | 
Description: A profile of Ralph Stanley focused on his fiddle playing and making. | ||
| 15622 | Newman's legacy, and his boats, will sail on |
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| Article about legendary boatbuilder Jarvis Newman. | 
Description: Article about legendary boatbuilder Jarvis Newman. | ||
| 3461 | Museum Traces Island's History - Abbe Museum Blends Ruth Moore Poetry With Great Gott Island Artifacts |
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| Bar Harbor - When the archaeologists of summer probe the fragile layers of Great Gott Island history, they say the faint bark of an Indian dog is freed. It was Maine writer Ruth Moore who first imagined the dog's bark, as she sifted through the sand and sod on her native Great Gott Island, pausing later to reflect on the island's history in her poem, "The Indian Shell Heap": | 
Description: Bar Harbor - When the archaeologists of summer probe the fragile layers of Great Gott Island history, they say the faint bark of an Indian dog is freed. It was Maine writer Ruth Moore who first imagined the dog's bark, as she sifted through the sand and sod on her native Great Gott Island, pausing later to reflect on the island's history in her poem, "The Indian Shell Heap": | ||
| 15491 | Sunken sardine carrier going nowhere |
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| Article about the sinking of the sardine carrier Lauren T., formerly known as Novelty, built by Southwest Boat Corporation in 1944. | 
Description: Article about the sinking of the sardine carrier Lauren T., formerly known as Novelty, built by Southwest Boat Corporation in 1944. | ||
| 3460 | Ruth Moore Remembered |
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| Before she became a well-known writer, Maine author Ruth Moore was a special investigator for the NAACP, worked for the publicity department of the Y.M.C.A., was an editor for the Readers Digest and managed a walnut ranch and vineyard in Martinez, California. | 
Description: Before she became a well-known writer, Maine author Ruth Moore was a special investigator for the NAACP, worked for the publicity department of the Y.M.C.A., was an editor for the Readers Digest and managed a walnut ranch and vineyard in Martinez, California. | ||
| 3013 | Dodge - Thomas Ellison Oliver Dodge |
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| 3021 | Hall Quarry |
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| 3027 | Chris's Pond: A Town's Memories are Etched in Ice |
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| 15405 | Alden Yawls Nirvana and Valhalla |
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| Floor and sail plans for two yawls, the Nirvana and the Valhalla, designed by John G. Alden in 1948 and built by the Henry R. Hinckley company in 1949-1950. | 
Description: Floor and sail plans for two yawls, the Nirvana and the Valhalla, designed by John G. Alden in 1948 and built by the Henry R. Hinckley company in 1949-1950. | ||||
| 15513 | Yacht Digest article about Hinckley Yawl Nirvana |
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| The text appears to be in Italian. The subtitle text ends with "Rockefeller among shipowners." | 
Description: The text appears to be in Italian. The subtitle text ends with "Rockefeller among shipowners." | |||||
| 3038 | Obituary for Hannah Kent Schoff |
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| 3017 | The Forgotten Millions - John Gilley |
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| 3028 | Leffingwell Estate Lawsuit |
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| 12770 | Has Come Here for 68 Summers: A.L. Higgins Tells of Henry Rand's First Visits |
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| Bar Harbor Times clipping--A.L. Higgins tells of the Rands coming to Eden circa 1866 | 
Description: Bar Harbor Times clipping--A.L. Higgins tells of the Rands coming to Eden circa 1866 | ||||
| 12775 | Fire, Obliteration, Mission 66, and Park Trails Program, 1943-2003 |
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| Excerpt from Pathmakers: Cultural Landscape Report for the Historic Hiking Trail System of Mount Desert Island, pgs. 149-156 | 
Description: Excerpt from Pathmakers: Cultural Landscape Report for the Historic Hiking Trail System of Mount Desert Island, pgs. 149-156 | |||
| 12776 | The Rugged Maine Coast Produces a Hard-Working Breed of Mankind |
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| from the Sarasota Herald Tribune, September 28, 1980, pg 18-A | 
Description: from the Sarasota Herald Tribune, September 28, 1980, pg 18-A |
