Keywords: Class of 1895
Item 8969
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 116618
Forest Street Grammar School, Westbrook, 1894
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1894 Location: Westbrook Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens
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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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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…"