Created by Molly Ockett Middle School students
This box is from the Beverage Company founded by Getrude Lunt when she owned and occupied the Governor Dana House. John W. Dana, owner of the Governor Dana House was a Fryeburg Academy graduate and Governor of the state of Maine three times.
Slightly rusty, silver colored with a large indentation on the side. Lid is in the middle of the can, hole in middle of lid for ventilation. Used in the corn canning industry. Used in a corn shop in Fryeburg, Maine.
Fryeburg Lumber Company Box Mill, c. 1915. The board yard was the old race track in the gay nineties.
Baseball bat with A. H. Ward Fryeburg Maine stamped on it.The bat was most likely manufactured at the mill on Wards pond. The mill, built by John Ward before the year 1900, was later purchased by A.H. and S.E. Ward. The mill originally manufactured wagons, pungs, sleighs, and peevies. For a period of time in the 1940's the Ward mill turned out baseball bats.
The bat has "Mains, Dolley, and Ward Makers Fryeburg Me." burned into it. Owned by Timothy Adams, it was most likely manufactured at the mill on Wards pond. The mill, built by John Ward before the year 1900, was later purchased by A.H. and S.E. Ward. The mill originally manufactured wagons, pungs, sleighs, and peevies. For a period of time in the 1940's the Ward mill turned out baseball bats.
Quart milk bottle from the Fryeburg Dairy. On the back is written, "Our...Daily Laboratory Control Guarantees You Better Milk."
Chief Young Thunder Cloud and his Rambling Cowhands advertisement for a performance at the Knights of Pitheas Hall in Fryeburg, Maine, July 16, 1940. Also performing Texas Pete the wrangler, Miss Dell June Rose and Dottie Mae and the Three Flying Feathers.
The shoe lacer has stamped on the side: "H. L. Hutchins, Fryeburg, Maine, Shoes for the whole family."
Metal printing plate reads: "The Fryeburg Tavern W. H. Irish Proprietor, Fryeburg Maine an excellent place for your vacation." Plate is held down by nails on wood surface.
Ornate valentine with "With you, my love, Can none compare, As good and kind, As you are fair."
F.E. Haley, No. 47 Medal, Improved Order of Red Men. The Order of the Red Men was a popular fraternal organization dedicated to Freedom, Friendship and Charity.
Improved Order of Red Men charter, Fryeburg, ca. 1930
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Fryeburg Historical Society
Improved Order of Red Men membership poster. This fraternal organization had tribes in Fryeburg, Maine. The organization began under the name 'Red Men' in 1813 and has Freedom, Friendship and Charity as its primary goals. The Order used many themes and objects related to Native American culture.
World War II service flag showing two stars. Families with members serving in the military in World War II would have these flags hung in their windows, and the stars represented the number of family members in the military.
The Berlin Iron Bridge Company, Conn. plaque mounted on the iron bridge at Fryeburg Harbor, Maine. The bridge was built in 1894 and was 87 feet long.
In 1839 Fryburg tried to resurrect the Oxford Bank but it never happened. Paper notes were made in an attempt to float them in the city of Portland, part of a swindling scheme. This is an example of one of those notes. On the face of the dollar the god of commerce and wealth Mercury is watching over the busisness.
This stereoscope has Exposition Universeite International 1900 with two winged figures stamped on the eye viewer. Pairs of stereoscopic images are mounted and appear as a single, three-dimensional image when viewed.
Stereoview of Nelson Dingley (1832-1899) of U.S. Congress, 1898. Nelson Dingley served in the Maine State Legislature, was governor to the state, then went on to serve as Congressman from Maine in the United States Legislature. Before going into politics he was proprietor and editor of the Lewiston Journal.
This 1898 photograph is of the Hon. Thomas B. Reed. He was Maine speaker of the house for the 51st, 54th and 55th Congress. He lived from 1839 - 1902.
Stereograph of Fryeburg, Academy, c. 1900. "One of the first schools built in Maine,
Fryeburg Academy was also one of the first schools in the United States to accept women."
"Originally, school was taught in private homes, until 1777 when money was appropriated to build a schoolhouse. Citizens were interested in more schools being built offering more subjects such as Latin, Greek and English. In 1791 residents from Fryeburg, Brownfield and Conway agreed to support a new school, Fryeburg Academy. The school was incorporated in 1792."
"The Academy was known as a "fitting school" for Bowdoin College, focusing on teacher training. For a short time the Academy was also on the way to becoming a medical school, but that soon gave way to its traditional comprehensive education courses - a preparatory school for college and life."
Susan Souther Page Medal for general excellence in English presented to Elroy LaCasce, Jr. in 1949 at the Fryeburg Academy in Fryeburg, Maine.
Black and white photograph of students and their teacher Miss Ellis at the C.A. Snow School, 1923. This building now serves as the administrative offices for School Administrative District #72.
1st Row- Frances Shaw, Clyde ?, Vera Haley, Raymond Drowns, Ernest Mills, Ellen Wiley, Aubrey Keefe, Lottie Drowns, Wilfred Springer, ?, John Pike, Dorothy Craig, Althea Lord, John Stearns, Edward Mills, Potter (?), Walter Drowns, Barbara Buzzell, John Black (?), Jack Jordon, Howard Potter, Doris Potter, Audrey Pendexter, Mary Leadbeater, Carl Johnson, Esther Pike, Clyde Johnson, Ruth Mills, Ridgerly Kiesman, Charles Thurlow, Lawrence Whiting;
2nd Row - Esther Peterson Allen, Ruth Wiley O'Connor, Leon (Pete) Ballard, Harold Thomas, Kenneth Howard, Loring Hurd, John Thurlow, Gladys Marston Leach, Thelma Rogers, Howard Kiesman, Alice Rogers, Billy Craig, Florence Stevens, Hazel Haley Tarbox, Doris Haley, Lilian Haley McAllister, Irene Hamilton, Pauline Perham, Lucy Buzzell, Thelma Rogers, Rebecca Johnson, ? , Roger Burnell, ?, Thelma Lord, Eleanor Goodridge, Phyllis Marston, Shirley Gaffner, Leona Kiesman Dennison, Edmund Emerson, Dudley Perkins, Alden Lord;
3rd Row- Pearl Mills, Helen Ballard, Eleanor Lord, Phillip Watson, James Merrill, Esther Gaffner, Bertha Rogers, Leah McIntyre Irish, Dorothy Potter, Ruth Jenness, Annie Bemis, Belyea, Nettie Keefe, Asa Osgod Pike, Virgil Kiesman, Louis Solari, Miss Ellis (Teacher), Emily Walker Steadman Philbrook.
Ticket from the Maine Chautauqua Union for the Fryeburg Horse Railroad made out to Mr. John S. Barrows. This ticket allowed one passage each way to Portland and back. The Maine Chautauqua Union had meetings in Fryeburg, and in order to encourage attendance, this complimentary ticket was offered. Chautauquas were very popular at this time. The horse railroad was developed primarily to serve the transportation needs of people traveling to the Chautauqua meetings.
Saco River in Fryeburg, Maine painting. The artist Benjamin T. Newman was originally from Bath, Maine, but was so charmed by Fryeburg'ss scenery he became a resident. .He was skillfull colorist and his paintings have a charm of actual scenery.
