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Historical Items

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Item 9853

Arbor Day, Notre Dame de la Sagesse School, St. Agatha, 1923

Contributed by: Ste. Agathe Historical Society Date: 1923 Location: Saint Agatha Media: Photographic print

Item 48492

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

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

Item 18483

Notre Dame de la Sagesse High School, St. Agatha , ca. 1935

Contributed by: Ste. Agathe Historical Society Date: circa 1935 Location: Saint Agatha Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Reading, Writing and 'Rithmetic: Brooklin Schools

When Brooklin, located on the Blue Hill Peninsula, was incorporated in 1849, there were ten school districts and nine one-room school houses. As the years went by, population changes affected the location and number of schools in the area. State requirements began to determine ways that student's education would be handled. Regardless, education of the Brooklin students always remained a high priority for the town.

Exhibit

Navy Firefighting School, Little Chebeague Island

Little Chebeague Island in Casco Bay was home to recreational facilities and a firefighting school for WWII sailors. The school was part of a Navy effort to have non-firefighting personnel knowledgeable in dealing with shipboard fires.

Exhibit

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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Site Page

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village

"His remains and his three wives lie in the yard of his home. Starbirds Mill X Chase Hewett Mill X Carrabassett Creamery X East New…"

Site Page

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"… house was built in 1845 with bricks from this yard. Herbert W. Kennison, a tailor, postmaster, and druggist in the North Village manufactured a…"

Site Page

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland Community Library

"… Book, Plant and Bake sale, Ice Cream Social, and Yard Sale are still going strong. In 1999 the library received a grant from the Noyes Foundation…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne

Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.

Story

I have thought about Vietnam almost every day for 48 years
by Ted Heselton

Working as a heavy equipment operator in Vietnam

Story

Florence Ahlquist Link's WWII service in the WAVES
by Earlene Ahlquist Chadbourne

Florence Ahlquist, age 20, was trained to repair the new aeronautical cameras by the US Navy in WWII