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Keywords: Class of 1895

Historical Items

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Item 8969

Maying party, Skowhegan, 1894

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: 1894-05-01 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print

Item 105118

North End School class picture, Westport Island, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: circa 1895 Location: Westport Island Media: Photographic print

Item 69693

Hortense Merrill, Farmington State Normal School, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Mantor Library at UMF Date: circa 1895 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 116618

Forest Street Grammar School, Westbrook, 1894

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1894 Location: Westbrook Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Online Exhibits

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The Trolley Parks of Maine

At the heyday of trolleys in Maine, many of the trolley companies developed recreational facilities along or at the end of trolley lines as one further way to encourage ridership. The parks often had walking paths, dance pavilions, and various other entertainments. Cutting-edge technology came together with a thirst for adventure and forever changed social dynamics in the process.

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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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Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs

The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.

Site Pages

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Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Memorial Library

"A year of change for the library took place in 1895, when it was replenished with $200 to purchase books and remodel."

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Architecture & Landscape database - Elmer I. Thomas

"Between 1891 and his untimely death in 1895 at the age of thirty-two, he was active in designing homes, churches, public buildings, and business…"

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Seal Cove Auto Museum

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