Keywords: Hygiene
Item 46327
Dental instruction at Casco Street School, Portland, ca. 1922
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1922 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 103947
Dog at Portland Day Nursery, Portland, ca. 1923
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1923 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 45319
96-98 Danforth Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Portland Baby Hygiene and Child Welfare Assn. Use: Dwelling - Two family
Item 45325
Assessor's Record, 100-102 Danforth Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Portland Baby Hygiene and Child Welfare Assn. Use: Land only
Exhibit
Westbrook Seminary: Educating Women
Westbrook Seminary, built on Stevens Plain in 1831, was founded to educate young men and young women. Seminaries traditionally were a form of advanced secondary education. Westbrook Seminary served an important function in admitting women students, for whom education was less available in the early and mid nineteenth century.
Exhibit
Horace W. Shaylor: Portland Penman
Horace W. Shaylor, a native of Ohio, settled in Portland and turned his focus to handwriting, developing several unique books of handwriting instruction. He also was a talented artist.
Site Page
Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu
"For example, the state soon passed a law requiring all public schools to offer instruction in personal hygiene and community sanitation."
Site Page
Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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Story
2020 Sheltering in Place Random Notes During COVID-19
by Phyllis Merriam, LCSW
Sheltering-in-Place personal experiences in mid-coast Maine (Rockland) during March and April 2020
