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Item 13997

Brewer High School football team, 1915

Contributed by: Brewer Public Library Date: 1915 Location: Brewer Media: Photographic print

Item 68908

Virginia Porter, Farmington State Normal School, ca. 1907

Contributed by: Mantor Library at UMF Date: circa 1907 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print

Item 35334

The Very Rev. Msgr. Thomas M. Nelligan, Old Town, ca. 1960

Contributed by: John Bapst Memorial High School Date: circa 1960 Location: Old Town Media: Photographic print

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.

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Mary King Scrimgeour dress, Lewiston, ca. 1895

Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In

Adorning oneself to look one's "best" has varied over time, gender, economic class, and by event. Adornments suggest one's sense of identity and one's intent to stand out or fit in.

Exhibit

Mary Mitchell Selmore, Pleasant Point, 1901

Holding up the Sky: Wabanaki people, culture, history, and art

Learn about Native diplomacy and obligation by exploring 13,000 years of Wabanaki residence in Maine through 17th century treaties, historic items, and contemporary artworks—from ash baskets to high fashion. Wabanaki voices contextualize present-day relevance and repercussions of 400 years of shared histories between Wabanakis and settlers to their region.

Site Pages

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Crew

"from the University of Maine at Orono in 2006. Candi has been active in the Swan's Island Educational Society since 2001 and took the job as…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"Penobscot Chief Joseph Orono X The Penobscot and, to a lesser extent, Passamaquoddy were known visitors to Swan’s Island."

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Minturn Schoolhouse, Swan's Island, ca. 1930

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Minturn Schoolhouse

"… can, you know how coffee used to come about that high in the cans? We’d put it on the stove and cook it." Children on the steps of the Minturn…"