Keywords: Gymnasts
Item 18341
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1927 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 151978
South Paris High School boys doing gymnastics, South Paris, 1927
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1927 Location: South Paris Media: Glass negative
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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.
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Ada Martin gymnastic costume, Bangor, 1864
"Ada Martin gymnastic costume, Bangor, 1864 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description Ada Martin…"
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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - New Sweden Athletic Club
"… ski teams but hockey, boys and girls basketball, gymnastic and track teams. Even thought they had other sports, the winter ones came out on the top."