Keywords: Capping
Item 104126
Capping ceremony, Mercy Hospital School of Nursing, ca. 1975
Contributed by: Northern Light Mercy Hospital Date: circa 1975 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 104056
Contributed by: Northern Light Mercy Hospital Date: 1953-03-08 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
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."
Exhibit
Imagery on letterhead soldiers used, on soldiers' memorials produced after the war, and on many other items captured the themes of the American Civil War: union, liberty, and freedom.
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Capt. L. J. Morse, Co. A, Maine State Guard, Bangor, 1864
"… He wrote, "The state guards wore a bear skin cap as represented. their coats most wholly red." View additional information about this item on…"
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo E. Raynes, Bangor, 1849
"The form of the cap is exact, the outlines of the coat and boots very near. his rifile was encased to the lock his valise I carried to the exchange…"
Story
Harold's Garage, Rome Hollow, Maine
by Mimi C
Story about Harold Hawes, owner of Harold's garage and self-styled auctioneer in Rome Hollow, Maine
