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John Bertram Hall at Bates College, Lewiston, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Lewiston Public Library Date: circa 1900 Location: Lewiston Media: Phototransparency

Alonzo Garcelon appointment as Hospital Surgeon, 1861

Contributed by: Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library Date: 1861-04-25 Location: Lewiston Media: Ink on paper

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Surgeon General Alonzo Garcelon

Alonzo Garcelon of Lewiston was a physician, politician, businessman, and civic leader when he became Maine's surgeon general during the Civil War, responsible for ensuring regiments had surgeons, for setting up a regimental hospital in Portland, and generally concerned with the well-being of Maine soldiers.

Graduation Season

Graduations -- and schools -- in the 19th through the first decade of the 20th century often were small affairs and sometimes featured student presentations that demonstrated what they had learned. They were not necessarily held in May or June, what later became the standard "end of the school year."

Maine Central Institute

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"He went to Strong schools and to Bates College (called the Maine State Seminary until 1863) from 1862–1863."