Maine Memory Network

Two piece gym uniform, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1925 Media: cotton, elastic, vegetable ivory
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Maine School for Deaf gym class, Portland, 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1925 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

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.

Washington County Through Eastern's Eye

Images taken by itinerant photographers for Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company, a real photo postcard company, provide a unique look at industry, commerce, recreation, tourism, and the communities of Washington County in the early decades of the twentieth century.

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"… had an organized team which played at the Y’s gym against local teams. However, basketball had not yet made its way to the other Island schools."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"… meeting the demands of the school, so a new gym was constructed next to the old one. The old gymnasium was converted to a classroom."

A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin

As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down

Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey

MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR