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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."

John Bapst Memorial High School

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Illustrations: Churches & Schools

"… Illustrations: Churches & Schools"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School

"The school deteriorated badly in the 1940s, and finally, after the chemical toilets froze up and other maintenance problems occurred, the school was…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Study for the LDM Sweat Memorial Art Museum, Portland, ca. 1911

"Study for the LDM Sweat Memorial Art Museum, Portland, ca. 1911 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description Architecture…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Division Street School, Bangor, 1865

"… to Bangor last Miss Norcross taught an exelent school in the yellow school house she was very much endeared to all her schollars." The area became…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Primary and intermediate school, Bangor, 1865

"His eldest daughter, Ada, began going to the school on Dec. 17, 1855. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

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…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School

"National Blue Ribbon School Strong Elementary School X Strong was selected as one of three schools in the state to be named as a 2005 No Child…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Arts Study Club Program, Farmington, 1930-1931

"… group of women devoted to the study of the arts in their many and various forms formed the Arts Study Club."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"Building Of The Arts Era Building Of The Arts, Bar Harbor, Maine The Building of the Arts was officially dedicated in 1907 and remained the…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"… century readers. Some of the state of the art drugs prescribed for assorted conditions included strychnine, which in 1928 was classified as “a…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Georges Valley High School

"Georges Valley High School Georges Valley High School Image from www.msad50.org X Georges Valley High School 47 Valley Street, Thomaston, Maine…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 1 of 2

"The School League at the Institute had teams like St. Athanasius, coached by Rivard, St. Johns, coached by Taylor, and Chisholm School, coached by…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Illustrations

"… written commentaries -- and are important as folk art as well. Some of the illustrations are available, organized into various topical categories…"

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

"… and postulated about, architecture, folk art, the greater Bangor area, gardening and farming, transportation, education, politics, dance and music…"

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

"The illustrations and his meticulous descriptions of them provide an unparalleled record of architecture, businesses, gardens, schools, churches, and…"

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"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 74-138

"… System of Free Trade Tyler Wasgatt Brick School House Mr. Teague Dancing School William Henry Harrison, Whigs Boman Holman singing school"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Junior Martin in cadet uniform, Bangor, ca. 1871

"… was one of a group of boys in the Select School in Bangor and a few from the grammar school who formed a cadet company and began in December 1871…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 65-83

"Coombs Eben French Court House Maine Charity School Bangor House Peter Edes Bangor-Old Town railroad Mount Hope Cemetery North Bangor (Veazie) Bangor…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Boy at Bangor parade, July 4, 1865

"… splendid feature in the procession was the boys schools being each school in seperate companies with a regular set of captains Lieut sargents &c…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro to pages 47-90

"… includes information about John Martin's Dancing School that was held at the Hampden Town Hall, and dances at Temperance Hall and Dolan Hall in…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 72-120

"… wrote about their son Junior, dances and dance schools, the final days of Katahdin Charcoal Iron Co., and his fruit trees."