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Historical Items

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Item 48492

Elementary School and gym, Lubec, ca. 1957

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1967 Location: Lubec Media: Postcard

Item 16700

Sargent's Gym, Bowdoin College

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1915 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Item 105769

Two piece gym uniform, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1925 Media: cotton, elastic, vegetable ivory

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 111553

Salt Pump climbing gym floor plan, Scarborough, 2013

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2013 Location: Scarborough Clients: Taki Miyamoto; Salt Pump Architect: Carol A. Wilson; Carol A. Wilson, Architect

Online Exhibits

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A Town Is Born: South Bristol, 1915

After being part of the town of Bristol for nearly 150 years, residents of South Bristol determined that their interests would be better served by becoming a separate town and they broke away from the large community of Bristol.

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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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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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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"It wasn’t really a gym at all, but the town hall. It was the first floor of the town hall that was used as the “multipurpose room.” Hampden Academy…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School

"… recalling how the building, with it's spacious gym, had been the community's pride and joy. He commended the hard work of those who helped make the…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"… had an organized team which played at the Y’s gym against local teams. However, basketball had not yet made its way to the other Island schools."

My Maine Stories

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Story

My Life in Boxing
by Bob Russo

Bob Russo on boxing and his life in Portland

Story

Learning to fly and instructing cadets at West Point during WWII
by Vera Cleaves

West Point during World War II

Story

A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin

As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down