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Item 6908

Shaker Meeting, Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, 1885

Contributed by: United Society of Shakers Date: 1885-09-20 Location: New Gloucester Media: Slide from a glass negative

Item 6624

Cow Barn, Alfred Shakers, ca. 1905

Contributed by: United Society of Shakers Date: circa 1905 Location: Alfred Media: Photographic print, glass plate negative

Item 6730

Shakers at winter sale, Poland Spring Resort, ca. 1920

Contributed by: United Society of Shakers Date: circa 1920 Location: Poland Media: Photographic print

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Trustees' Office, Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, ca. 1915

In Time and Eternity: Shakers in the Industrial Age

"In Time and Eternity: Maine Shakers in the Industrial Age 1872-1918" is a series of images that depict in detail the Shakers in Maine during a little explored time period of expansion and change.

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

Maine Soldiers' Relief Association card, Washington, ca. 1863

The Sanitary Commission: Meeting Needs of Soldiers, Families

The Sanitary Commission, formed soon after the Civil War began in the spring of 1861, dealt with the health, relief needs, and morale of soldiers and their families. The Maine Agency helped families and soldiers with everything from furloughs to getting new socks.