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Historic Hallowell - Maine Industrial School for Girls

"Maine Industrial School for Girls Industrial School for Girls, Winthrop Hill, Hallowell, ca. 1919Hubbard Free Library The purpose of the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Farmington High School girls basketball team, 1919

"Farmington High School girls basketball team, 1919 Contributed by Farmington Historical Society Description Group portrait of the 1919…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1900-1910 - Page 1 of 3

"… alternate mode is familiar from the "Gibson Girl" images created by artist Charles Dana Gibson (who worked and spent time in Maine), and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "A Little Daisy," Katahdin Iron Works, 1890

"Martin wrote that the girl's mother was ill and became an invalid and, "this little girl assumed the house work cooked nice bread, meats, pies, cakes…"

Historic Hallowell - The Stevens Training Center Serenaders

"… Center began as the Maine Industrial School For Girls. The purpose according to its goal statement was, "not a place of punishment, to which its…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 604-650

"Littlefield Bangor Girls First Select School Third Parish Church Prof. George Shepard First Baptist Church Thomas A. Hill"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 2 of 3

"… parochial or private high schools--boys and girls. Many went off to college. The philanthropic spirit in Biddeford was to thank for most of the…"

John Bapst Memorial High School

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L.C. Bates Museum/Good Will-Hinckley

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Historic Hallowell - Classical and Scientific Academy

"Atlantic Reporter, Volume 82, page 434, 1912. Next steps in the stroll through Hallowell ~ Maine Industrial School for Girls."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Northern Maine Fair Memories - Page 2 of 3

"The teams were made up of only boys, but the girls could cheer for them. The Presque Isle boys were named the Indians, but Dorothy cheered for the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware Store window display, Lincoln, ca. 1943

"Billy Burke's girl." "Jerome at bottom" "Clifford Stevens- left" "Laurence Burke on right" "Stewart Moody at bottom" "The aviator is some Beatham"…"

Camp Runoia

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 6, pages 97-113

"Daniel K. Pomroy "girls who bore a bad name" Liz Widow Clark Mary E. Suratt Balloon ascention Jim Dunning"

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

"… Martin (1855-1889) was part of a group of 26 girls who participated in Solon Wilder's floral concert on Monday, July 2, 1866."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor High School, Abbott Square, 1865

"The building at left is the girls' school. It was built in 1849. Martin wrote of the schools, "it was the intention to not be out done by any…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 1 of 4

"… and is most recognizable in the mid 1950s teenage girl's, almost ubiquitous, full skirts and dresses worn with bobby socks and penny loafers."

Maine Irish Heritage Center

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Development of an Island-wide Identity

"… the transition from rivals to teammates, with the girls’ team winning state championships in 1997, 2001, 2002, and 2003."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor During the 1940s

"… their reading of Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. Guest speaker Reverend Dr. Henry Wyman shares stories on life in Bangor during the '40s…"

Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 2 of 3

"Guilford High School girls basketball team, Guilford, 1908Guilford Historical Society Guilford A."

Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 2 of 2

"… serious tone reflected in the expressions of her girls. These are faces hardened by the experience of life in pre-Civil War rural Maine."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 3 of 3

"… designed, well-fitting clothing for college girls, women’s wear, and casual wear for every occasion and activity."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"There was one team for the boys and two for girls. The Hampden Academy Gossip, June 1912, stated that the boys in their first year “won over half the…"