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Item 111165

Walkway at the Rockefeller Garden, Seal Harbor, ca. 1934

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1934 Location: Mount Desert Island Media: stereograph

Item 111142

Rockefeller Gardens shaded pathway, Seal Harbor, ca. 1934

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1934 Location: Mount Desert Island Media: Stereograph

Item 111156

Rockefeller Gardens rock steps, Seal Harbor, ca. 1934

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1934 Location: Mount Desert Island Media: stereograph

Online Exhibits

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Students on porch, Farmington State Normal School, ca. 1928

We Used to be "Normal": A History of F.S.N.S.

Farmington's Normal School -- a teacher-training facility -- opened in 1863 and, over the decades, offered academic programs that included such unique features as domestic and child-care training, and extra-curricular activities from athletics to music and theater.

Exhibit

Rockefeller Drive, Mt. Desert Island, ca. 1935

Designing Acadia

For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.

Exhibit

Drawing Together: Art of the Longfellows

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is best know as a poet, but he also was accomplished in drawing and music. He shared his love of drawing with most of his siblings. They all shared the frequent activity of drawing and painting with their children. The extended family included many professional as well as amateur artists, and several architects.