Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Training School, Presque Isle, ca. 1920

"Students are standing outside of school for photograph. This building was destroyed by fire in March of 1927 and was replaced soon after by a brick…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Train Depot, Presque Isle, ca. 1955

"Train Depot, Presque Isle, ca. 1955 Contributed by Oakfield Historical Society Description The north bound Bangor and Aroostook diesel…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook Train Station, Presque Isle, ca. 1908

"Bangor and Aroostook Train Station, Presque Isle, ca. 1908 Contributed by Presque Isle Historical Society Description Photograph shows…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Train Crossing the Aroostook River Bridge, Presque Isle, c. 1990

"Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Train Crossing the Aroostook River Bridge, Presque Isle, c. 1990 Contributed by Oakfield Historical Society…"

Guilford, Maine - Guilford Schools

"Both the grade school and high school were decked out with buntings and other festive decorations for the town of Guilford’s Centennial celebration."

Historic Hallowell - Train Wreck Map

"… Train Wreck Map Map X"

Historic Hallowell - Maine Industrial School for Girls

"… of kind treatment, and physical and moral training, they may be won back to ways of virtue and respectability, and fitted for positions of…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"The May School A unique early school was known as the May School. The May sisters, Julia and Sara, operated a private school for girls in Farmington…"

Historic Hallowell - Train Wreck Poem

"Train Wreck Poem On the tenth of November, 1937 There was a young man named Kevin All at once with a groan Three train cars jumped alone Two cars…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Cunningham School

"Skyway Middle School, located on the other side of the city, was expanded in 2005 to serve all of Presque Isle’s middle school students."

Historic Hallowell - The Stevens Training Center Serenaders

"… Stevens Training Center Serenaders The Stevens Training Center began as the Maine Industrial School For Girls."

Historic Hallowell - Train Wreck Of 1937

"Train Wreck Of 1937 Train Wreck, Hubbard Free Library, Hallowell, 1937Hubbard Free Library On November 10, 1937, a train hopped the tracks…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School

"… to describe institutions whose purpose it was to train school teachers) first appeared in the United States in 1839, where their success influenced…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarbrough Middle School

"Its philosophy is based on the "school-within-a-school" concept. There are five "teams" and a student stays on the same team for all three years of…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Presque Isle Normal School, Presque Isle, ca. 1910

"Presque Isle Normal School, Presque Isle, ca. 1910 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description Presque Isle Normal School…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - George Francis Train, Bangor, 1866

"George Francis Train, Bangor, 1866 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description George Francis Train, a…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Presque Isle High School Basketball Team 1913

"Presque Isle High School Basketball Team 1913 Contributed by Presque Isle Historical Society Description A Group photograph of the Presque…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 1 of 3

"… Light Mercy Hospital The Queen's Hospital Training School for Nurses Soon after Queen’s Hospital (future Mercy) opened, it responded to a growing…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing Class Photos

"… of Nursing Class Photos Mercy Hospital School of Nursing Class Photographs The Mercy Hospital School of Nursing operated from 1920 to 1987…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing Candid Photography

"… Nursing Candid Photography Mercy Hospital School of Nursing Candid Click Image to View Full Slideshow The Mercy Hospital School of Nursing…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 3 of 3

"… early foundation for Mercy’s policy of fostering training for its students across New England. A letter to Quigley during the 1930s mentioned that…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"After six months of study, successful completion of a preclinical training period culminated in the awarding of a distinctive training cap, presented…"

Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"William S. Cohen graduated from Bangor High in 1958 where he was named to an all-state high school basketball team and was inducted into the New…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook Railroad

"The first train arrived in January 1895. That year the Bangor and Aroostook hauled 195,000 passengers."