Contributed by Mantor Library at UMF
Description
In 1916, Farmington State Normal School converted a recently purchased house and barn into a purposefully designed space for the Home Economics program.
The barn, known as the "Annex," housed the work spaces for the sewing and cooking classes. In 1916, this cooking class was dressed in their cooking "whites."
About This Item
- Title: Home Economics cooking class, Farmington, 1916
- Creation Date: 1916
- Subject Date: 1916
- Location: Farmington, Franklin County, ME
- Media: Photograph
- Dimensions: 9 cm x 14 cm
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Farmington State Normal School (Me.)
- Farmington State Teachers College (Me.)
- Group portraits--Maine--Farmington
- Home economics--Maine--Farmington
- Students--Maine--Farmington
- University of Maine Farmington--History
Other Keywords
- college
- cooking
- domestic science
- education
- F.S.N.S.
- Farmington State Normal School
- Home Ec
- Home Economics
- household arts
- students
- UMF
- Uniforms
- university
- University of Maine at Farmington
For more information about this item, contact:
Mantor Library at UMFUniversity of Maine at Farmington, 116 South Street, Farmington, ME 04938
(207) 778-7219
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