Green Acre, class under the pines, ca. 1900
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The Green Acre Inn hosted classes for its guests, often featuring religious and spiritual leaders from around the world lecturing "under the pines" in Eliot in the late 1800s early 1900s.
W.E.B. DuBois, the founder of the N.A.A.C.P. was one such individual, as well as Swami Vivekananda, Edward Everett Hale, Anagarika H. Dharmapala, Ralph Waldo Trine, Helen Campbell, Booker T. Washington and historian John Fiske, as well as many other notables.
Other Information
- Title: Green Acre, class under the pines, ca. 1900
- Creation Date: circa 1900
- Town: Eliot
- County: York
- State: ME
- Media: Photograph
- Local Code: 25T
- Object Type: Image
For more information about this item, contact:
Eliot Baha'i Archives
657 Goodwin Rd., Eliot, ME 03903
(207) 439-9411
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LC Subject Headings
Eliot (Me.)--History
Green Acre Baha'i School--History
Green Acre Inn
Baha'i Faith--History
Pines--Maine--Eliot
Religions--Maine--Eliot
Classes--Maine--Eliot
People
Farmer, Sarah Jane
Vivekananda, Swami
Hale, Edward Everett
Fiske, John
Washington, Booker T.
Trine, Ralph Waldo
DuBois, W. E.
Dharmapala, Anagarika H.
Campbell, Helen
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