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Historical Items

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Item 34795

Village School, Blue Hill, before 1914

Contributed by: Blue Hill Public Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Blue Hill Media: Photographic print

Item 33854

Blue Hill Inn construction, Blue Hill, 1892

Contributed by: Blue Hill Historical Society Date: 1892 Location: Blue Hill Media: Photograph on paperboard

Item 34794

Students attending class at the Village School, Blue Hill, 1894

Contributed by: Blue Hill Public Library Date: 1894 Location: Blue Hill Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Reading, Writing and 'Rithmetic: Brooklin Schools

When Brooklin, located on the Blue Hill Peninsula, was incorporated in 1849, there were ten school districts and nine one-room school houses. As the years went by, population changes affected the location and number of schools in the area. State requirements began to determine ways that student's education would be handled. Regardless, education of the Brooklin students always remained a high priority for the town.

Exhibit

Making Paper, Making Maine

Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.

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Sagadahoc County through the Eastern Eye

The Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast, Maine. employed photographers who traveled by company vehicle through New England each summer, taking pictures of towns and cities, vacation spots and tourist attractions, working waterfronts and local industries, and other subjects postcard recipients might enjoy. The cards were printed by the millions in Belfast into the 1940s.

Site Pages

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Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"… Academy Class in front of Blue Hill Academy, Blue Hill, 1893Blue Hill Public Library Blue Hill Academy Ever since the 1790s, residents of…"

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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"Parker Point Golf Club, Blue Hill, ca. 1912 Blue Hill Historical Society The Blue Hill Country Club, on the west side of the inner harbor, began at…"

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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"Captain John W. Kane, Blue Hill, ca. 1900Blue Hill Historical Society According to the Maine Register of 1850, there were 13 shipbuilders in Blue…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Growing up DownEast
by Darrin MC Mclellan

Stories of growing up Downeast