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Historical Items

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Item 14089

Brewer High School, 1889

Contributed by: Brewer Public Library Date: 1889-06-10 Location: Brewer Media: Photographic print

Item 36029

Brewer High School, Class of 1911

Contributed by: Brewer Public Library Date: 1911 Location: Brewer Media: Photographic print

Item 13997

Brewer High School football team, 1915

Contributed by: Brewer Public Library Date: 1915 Location: Brewer Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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The Schooner Bowdoin: Ninety Years of Seagoing History

After traveling to the Arctic with Robert E. Peary, Donald B. MacMillan (1874-1970), an explorer, researcher, and lecturer, helped design his own vessel for Arctic exploration, the schooner <em>Bowdoin,</em> which he named after his alma mater. The schooner remains on the seas.

Exhibit

Making Paper, Making Maine

Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.

Exhibit

Washington County Through Eastern's Eye

Images taken by itinerant photographers for Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company, a real photo postcard company, provide a unique look at industry, commerce, recreation, tourism, and the communities of Washington County in the early decades of the twentieth century.

Site Pages

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Carolyn Stone

"She attended Brewer High School, graduating from there in 1894. She went on to further her education at the Farmington State Normal School, where she…"

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"… played today, as shown in a game against Brewer High School, 1918, when Brewer beat Hampden with a score of 14-13."

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"From its modest beginnings in Brewer in 1836, the Stearns mill became one of the largest mills on the Hampden, Brewer, Orrington section of the…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Where are the French?
by Rhea Côté Robbins

Franco-Americans in Maine

Story

History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars