Maine Memory Network

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…"

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

"… hipped skirt with two knee level deep box pleats at front and back evoke the style. The most robust Gibson Girl could stride out in this skirt."

John Bapst Memorial High School

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

"Red and green check suit, ca. 1950Maine Historical Society Dior introduced his famous "New Look" in 1947, two looks in fact, one flared skirted, and…"

Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 2 of 3

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

Maine Irish Heritage Center

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village Schools

"… registers 25 students (seventeen boys and eight girls) were listed. Grade 4 had seven students. Grade 5 had nine students."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Farm Life

"There were four boys and two girls. They picked potatoes in the end of September and early October. They picked strawberries in early June."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Bob's Bears

"Well, boys and girls, every year on a warm summer's afternoon, at about the time of the Bangor Fair, I think of a happening from my early days on…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Redmen's Hall

"… one play there that—oh, Leora Wyman had, she had girls come here one time and it was, the hall was lovely. It was big, it was beautiful."

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…"

Otisfield Historical Society

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

"… built around 1875 and had a woodshed, boys and girls outhouse and an entryway. The Parsons School closed in June of 1943 and reverted to the Dyer…"

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 1 of 2

"The Kelley girl was eventually carried to shore by Miss Stella M. Burhoe, Ridge School teacher...” Miriam Kelley & Wyman Ramsdell X Miriam…"

Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 1 of 2

"… shrouded in mystery is the daguerreotype of five girls, including one with a cleft lip. What brought them together in a photographer’s studio –…"

Bangor Public Library

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Lincoln, Maine - Jonathan Clay Jr.

"There is a family of Clays in our town and a girl in my class with the last name of Clay. Maybe somewhere down the line this is her relative."

Lincoln, Maine - Masonic Hall

"… was a public building, though, like the Rainbow Girls and some high school civic students who attended town meetings."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"… drama production, public speaking contest, and a girl's club. By the 1950's, Scarborough’s extra curricular opportunities flourished, with student…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 1 of 5

"Some of the groups were Masons, Rainbow Girls, N.E.O.P, the K. P. Club, and many more. The new building had multiple sections in it, like the…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"… Street turns to the left just past the little girl standing alone on the sidewalk. Straw and Martin Insurance and C.A. Smith Photography, ca."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"… Lobster Boats and Skiffs Dory with Twin Girls, Scarborough, ca. 1905Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Later, in the years between 1930…"

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"“The two prettiest girls in Surry—Phebe and Ellen.” Then right beneath it in a different hand: “They are not so.” Phebe’s losses had not yet aged her."

Pejepscot Historical Society

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