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Historical Items

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Item 110696

The Lodge garden, Farmington, ca. 1928

Contributed by: Mantor Library at UMF Date: circa 1928 Location: Farmington Media: photographic print

Item 102459

Streeter garden, Kingfield, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Stanley Museum on deposit at Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Kingfield Media: Lantern slide, hand colored

Item 64270

Mary Palmer, Farmington State Normal School, 1930

Contributed by: Mantor Library at UMF Date: 1930 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 149136

Campbell residence flower border plan, Southwest Harbor, 1979-2015

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1979–2015 Location: Southwest Harbor Clients: Barbara Campbell; Mark Campbell Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates

Item 149159

Schoettle residence planting plan, Sargentville, 1992-1994

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1992–1994 Location: Sedgwick Client: Marcia Schoettle Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates

Online Exhibits

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Inside the Yellow House

Photographer Elijah Cobb's 1985 portfolio of the Laura E. Richards House, with text by Rosalind Cobb Wiggins and Laura E. Putnam.

Exhibit

Good Will-Hinckley: Building a Landscape

The landscape at the Good Will-Hinckley campus in Fairfield was designed to help educate and influence the orphans and other needy children at the school and home.

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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.

Site Pages

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Annie Martin Snow casket, Bangor, 1889

"… a wreath interspersed with roses and the choicest flowers, No 5 was I might say a mound of flowers presented by neighbours, friends from a broad."…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Annie Martin as zephyr, Bangor, 1866

"… Throwing blossoms all around," as they threw flower petals into the air. John Martin (1823-1904), a Bangor accountant and shopkeeper, drew the…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Mabelle Martin's casket, Bangor, 1899

"… her father reported that teachers arranged the flowers for the casket and funeral. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

How roses became a big part of my life
by Clarence Rhodes

Clarence Rhodes's experiences growing, exhibiting, and judging roses in Maine and around the world.

Story

A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin

As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down