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Historical Items Showing 3 of 199 View All
Item 67543
Title: Child laborers, Lewiston, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Franco-American Collection
Date: 1920
Location: Lewiston
Media: Photograph
Item 4190
Title: Anti child labor float, Portland, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1895
Location: Portland
Media: Black and white photograph
Item 133
Title: Fish processing, Eastport, ca. 1902
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1902
Location: Eastport
Media: Black and white photograph
Tax Records Showing 3 of 4 View All
Item 32359
Address: 149-151 Allen Avenue, Portland
Owner in 1924: Eleanor M Child
Use: Dwelling - Single family
Item 67886
Address: 98 Ocean Avenue, Portland
Owner in 1924: Estate of Albert W. Child
Use: Dwelling - Single family
Item 45319
Address: 96-98 Danforth Street, Portland
Owner in 1924: Portland Baby Hygiene and Child Welfare Assn.
Use: Dwelling - Two family
Exhibits Showing 3 of 3 View All
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We Used to be "Normal": A History of F.S.N.S.
Farmington's Normal School -- a teacher-training facility -- opened in 1863 and, over the decades, offered academic programs that included such unique features as domestic and child-care training, and extra-curricular activities from athletics to music and theater.
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From French Canadians to Franco-Americans
French Canadians who emigrated to the Lewiston-Auburn area faced discrimination as children and adults -- such as living in "Little Canada" tenements and being ridiculed for speaking French -- but also adapted to their new lives and sustained many cultural traditions.
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The Sanitary Commission: Meeting Needs of Soldiers, Families
The Sanitary Commission, formed soon after the Civil War began in the spring of 1861, dealt with the health, relief needs, and morale of soldiers and their families. The Maine Agency helped families and soldiers with everything from furloughs to getting new socks.
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Site
A history of the easternmost town in Maine as created by the Lubec Historical Society, Lubec Consolidated School, Lubec Landmarks, and Lubec Memorial Library. Exhibits include the sardine and herring industries, the Sardine Queen, the West Quoddy Head Lighthouse, the 1911 Centennial Celebration, the S. S. Cumberland Steamer, the gold hoax, an important community quilt, a tragic boating accident, and the blizzard of 1934, among others.