Keywords: Pittsfield Academy
Item 15697
Contributed by: Gorham Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Gorham Media: Postcard
Item 19353
Llewellyn Powers home, Houlton, 1895
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1895 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print
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Graduations -- and schools -- in the 19th through the first decade of the 20th century often were small affairs and sometimes featured student presentations that demonstrated what they had learned. They were not necessarily held in May or June, what later became the standard "end of the school year."
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Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs
The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.
