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Item 103949

Portland Day Nursery building, Portland, ca. 1923

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1923 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 103948

Knitting lesson, Portland Day Nursery, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1925 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 103849

Portland Day Nursery, Portland, ca. 1923

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1923 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Online Exhibits

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The Establishment of the Troy Town Forest

Seavey Piper, a selectman, farmer, landowner, and leader of the Town of Troy in the 1920s through the early 1950s helped establish a town forest on abandoned farm land in Troy. The exhibit details his work over ten years.

Exhibit

One Hundred Years of Caring -- EMMC

In 1892 five physicians -- William H. Simmons, William C. Mason, Walter H. Hunt, Everett T. Nealey, and William E. Baxter -- realized the need for a hospital in the city of Bangor had become urgent and they set about providing one.

Site Pages

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 3, pages 38-56

"… Heavy Artillery Thurston & Metcalf Nath Harlow nursery Apple tree Ada Martin Solon Wilder Egyptian Caravan Southern sentiments Yales Mammoth Tent…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin apple tree, Bangor, ca. 1862

"… planted the tree, which came from Nath Harlow's nursery in Bangor, in 1856 "on the very best soil I had." He wrote, "Samuel C Harlow supposed it to…"

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Schools

"Younger factory workers would attend nursery school for part of the day, instead of secondary school."