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Item 9865

Classics Class, St. Agatha, 1924

Contributed by: Ste. Agathe Historical Society Date: 1924 Location: Saint Agatha Media: Photographic print

Item 22801

Ricker Classical Institute class ring, Houlton, 1949

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1949 Location: Houlton Media: Gold

Item 9617

Ricker Classical Institute production, ca. 1926

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1926 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Leaving the start gate at the Sugarloaf World Cup, 1971

World Alpine Ski Racing in Maine

Sugarloaf -- a small ski area by European standards -- entered ski racing history in 1971 by hosting an event that was part of the World Cup Alpine Ski Championships. The "Tall Timber Classic," as the event was known, had a decidedly Maine flavor.

Exhibit

One-piece pink faille dress, York, ca. 1835

The Mainspring of Fashion

The mainspring of fashion is the process whereby members of one class imitate the styles of another, who in turn are driven to ever new expedients of fashionable change.

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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."

Site Pages

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Jacob and Lyman Abbott's Desk, Farmington, ca. 1830

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Jacob Abbott

"2000. Yesterday's Classics, LLC. Retrieved 3 Dec. 2008 from http://www.mainlesson.com/displayauthor.php?author=abbott. "Jacob Abbott." KnowledgeRush."

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Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"… the Hallowell Academy opened, one of the first classical academies in the District of Maine (a distinction shared with Berwick Academy, which was…"