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Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 1 of 3

"… Mercy Hospital School of Nursing discontinued the practice, and the program remained all female until the 1960s.) When Ruth Attean graduated in…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3

"… Hill, Hamlin moved to Hampden as a young man to practice law. A Jacksonian Democrat, he began his political career in the Maine legislature…"

Early Maine Photography - MHS Early Maine Photography Collections

"As MHS grew, best practices developed, and the value of photography as a historic resource became more prevalent, the need to improve preservation…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"… established his own office in Portland, where he practiced until the beginning of World War II. Soon after opening his office, Thomas formed a…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John Calvin Stevens

"… Fassett two years later to establish his own practice. Except for a brief partnership between 1888 and 1891 with Emerson’s former assistant, Albert…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 2 of 4

"… that structured colonial business and investing practices. Colonists drew on family wealth in order to invest, and familial bonds undergirded…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"… a study ground (for at that time, any one could “practice” science and contribute to scientific enterprise), the Champlain Society members were…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"… birds (by shooting them, as was the common practice at the time). Edward L. Rand headed up the Botanical Department."

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"When not practicing law he found time to make improvements upon Franklin’s stove and to produce Morgan’s Grammar of the English Language, a highly…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 3 of 4

"… tell much about the process, even then, already practiced in Lubec for possibly one hundred years."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - About Us

"… students were also given a brief lesson in museum practices, such as how to handle artifacts properly and how to photograph objects without causing…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"… that advertised his good taste, location, and practical skills. Front Street, From Post Office Square, Bath. ca."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… Brown was one of the first female doctors to practice in the West Coast of America. She was a very motivated woman and did many great things…"

Lincoln, Maine - Civil War

"He practiced law in Lincoln from 1858 until the Civil War began. He joined the 11th Maine Regiment on November 2, 1861."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"… he was admitted to the bar in 1797 and began his practice in Saco. Cyrus served as major general of the Sixth Division, Massachusetts Militia; was…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"… in the area, Southgate gave up his medical practice after becoming interested in the law and being appointed judge of the Court of Common Pleas. He…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"… females, a conservation measure already practiced by many Maine lobstermen, and in 1874 the first laws regulating the minimum size of lobsters were…"

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

"… after she taught a lesson the students could practice it on their own. Chalkboards, as they were called because they came in green, continued to be…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"… County, Maine’s remaining farmers survived by practicing a subsistence strategy that included diverse crop and livestock production, nonfarm work…"

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

"… back and forth during a lengthy sermon or choir practice. “The two prettiest girls in Surry—Phebe and Ellen.” Then right beneath it in a different…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… of tipping over outhouses, although many other practical jokes survived the new technology! SEE NOTES Consolidated School, Swan's Island…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"… office consolidation has all but eliminated the practical separation between Minturn, Atlantic, and Swan’s Island village."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"Thomas Roberts began practicing in Rumford Center; Dr. Hiram F. Abbott came in 1865, and Dr. Charles M. Bisbee in 1895. Dr. Laura F."