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Pejepscot Historical Society

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Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"“Most of the girls that lived there came from homes that were unstable,” Minton related. Regarding the Sisters, Minton recalled trips to Diamond…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"… picture, like the Hatch portrait of the little girls, was elaborately printed in gilded letters that advertised his good taste, location, and…"

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…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 1 of 4

"Girls and boys sat on separate sides and the younger smaller children sat towards the front of the room, with the older larger children in back."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"… was never any solid evidence that he murdered the girl, but he was considered a solid suspect, and was arrested and held for nearly a year until…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"… the curriculum and organized intramural boys’ and girls’ sports teams. Strong's first baseball team won their first nine games without a coach."

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."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"All the girls were adorned in new Easter hats and pretty dresses that were beautifully puffed out with crinoline petty coats underneath; the boys…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 1 of 2

"a man or woman boy or girl may look back and sigh for some small relic hereby to enliven their memory perhaps in a distant county when even a person…"

Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"… – to assist her to educate young children and girls, visit the poor and care for the sick in their homes, as well as to train low income women as…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"I was a small girl, but was allowed to go and stay until 10 o’clock. Lots of older folks and young ones to came from Down Town."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"… the owners of the clothing saw the photo, the “girls had quite a time getting out of that fix.” Main Street looking west, Northeast Harbor…"

Historic Hallowell - Hurricanes Of 1954 - Stories and Timelines

"… were able to save 9 of them but an 8 year old girl was swept away. The winds at their peak were 120mph and stayed at that speed for more than 2…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"But it wasn’t overlooked. Lucy Belcher opened a school for girls named The Willows in 1872. Her father, Hannibal Belcher, built a ‘commodious…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"… Academy was the first in Hancock County to allow girls to attend. Despite the plethora of course offerings, in 1852 there were only three teachers…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… to the first child born in the settlement, a baby girl which she names Esther. Then in December Mrs. Robert Low Jr."

Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"Even though I am older and less of a silly girl, I still have kept this journal, much to the hilarity of my older sister. Mr."

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"In 1912, Kelly Thibodeau became the first girl to work in this Lincoln office. Also in 1912 Frank Bixby installed a pole changer, which is electric…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"… son Harry moved to Gray after he married and the girls moved to other farms around town, Skyline stayed in the Dolloff family until 1970."

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"His dam was Braden Girl. Early lessons given to John R Braden did not indicate that he had the ability to become a great race horse."