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Bean's Corner village (East Bethel), circa 1900
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Bean's Corner village (East Bethel), circa 1900. Local photographer Irving Kimball captured this classic farm scene only a couple of decades after Bethel reached the peak of its agricultural production. In front of the "English barn" at right, two…
Collection: Bethel: A Historic Town images
Bear Mountain Grange (Former Universalist Church) - Waterford
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Collection: OCHRS Photographs
Bearce sawmill
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The first mill to operate on the Androscoggin was a sawmill erected on the upper dam at Brunswick between 1753 and 1761. (The mill stood near the present site of “Fort Andross,” the former Cabot Manufacturing Company). Located on the Lewiston side…
Collection: A River's Journey images
Believe it or not [August 16, 1948]
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Ripley's Believe it or Not cartoon from August 16, 1948, which includes a caricature of a dog, owned by George French of Turner, Maine, which is trained to bring food to a pig.
Collection: Alumni Association Scrapbook
Bennett-Bean Bridge - Lincoln Plantation
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Collection: OCHRS Photographs
Bennett's Garage
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The twentieth century brought major developments to Bethel, beginning with the arrival of the first automobile in 1901. The popularity of the "horseless carriage" eventually transformed Bethel from a place of numerous shops where a wide range of…
Collection: Bethel: A Historic Town images
Berlin sawmill
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This large sawmill was erected astride the Androscoggin at Berlin, New Hampshire, in 1897 to replace one destroyed by fire earlier that year. With a capacity of 200,000 board feet a day, the mill was a thriving enterprise until it, too, burned in…
Collection: A River's Journey images