Maine Memory Network

Elementary School and gym, Lubec, ca. 1957, ca. 1967

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1967 Location: Lubec Media: Postcard

Sargent's Gym, Bowdoin College, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1915 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Salt Pump climbing gym, Scarborough, 2013

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2013 Location: Scarborough Clients: Taki Miyamoto; Salt Pump Architect: Carol A. Wilson; Carol A. Wilson Architect

Proposed addition to the High School building for the city of South Portland, 1935-1937

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1935–1937 Location: South Portland Client: CIty of South Portland Architect: Miller & Beal Inc. Architects
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A Town Is Born: South Bristol, 1915

After being part of the town of Bristol for nearly 150 years, residents of South Bristol determined that their interests would be better served by becoming a separate town and they broke away from the large community of Bristol.

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.

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"It wasn’t really a gym at all, but the town hall. It was the first floor of the town hall that was used as the “multipurpose room.” Hampden Academy…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School

"… recalling how the building, with it's spacious gym, had been the community's pride and joy. He commended the hard work of those who helped make the…"

My Life in Boxing
by Bob Russo

Bob Russo on boxing and his life in Portland

Learning to fly and instructing cadets at West Point during WWII
by Vera Cleaves

West Point during World War II