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Farm Family with Implements

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Description: A stonecutter, a cooper or smith (identified by the tools of their trade) and a girl with a pail are standing on the left in contrast to a group of ladies ...
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Gravel Pit with Wooden Cross

Date: 10 05 1963
Description: View down into a large gravel pit. A small, wooden cross is in the foreground.
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The Old Bangor Slate Quarry

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Description: The slate industry was begun in Bangor by Robert M. Jones in 1848. The region became a major world center for slate. The view is from near the bottom of th...
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Lime Kilns

Date: 08 1988
Description: "These unused lime kilns are located at Marblehead."
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Cows near Lime Kiln

Date: 1900
Description: View of cows on the approach to a lime kiln.
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Rock Crusher

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Description: View across overgrown field towards a wooden structure with a tall smokestack. Identified as probably the rock crusher, located on the east side upriver fr...
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Scene in the Quarry

Date: 1910
Description: View looking across the quarry, which has trees and plants growing up the sides on the left, and smaller rocks and other debris are toward the bottom. Ladd...

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