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Keywords: Class of 1911

Historical Items

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Item 102886

Class of 1911, Lincoln Academy, Newcastle, 1911

Contributed by: Lincoln Academy Date: 1911 Location: Newcastle Media: Photographic print

Item 36029

Brewer High School, Class of 1911

Contributed by: Brewer Public Library Date: 1911 Location: Brewer Media: Photographic print

Item 14717

Girls sewing class, Good Will Home, 1911

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: 1911 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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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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400 years of New Mainers

Immigration is one of the most debated topics in Maine. Controversy aside, immigration is also America's oldest tradition, and along with religious tolerance, what our nation was built upon. Since the first people--the Wabanaki--permitted Europeans to settle in the land now known as Maine, we have been a state of immigrants.

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Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In

Adorning oneself to look one's "best" has varied over time, gender, economic class, and by event. Adornments suggest one's sense of identity and one's intent to stand out or fit in.

Site Pages

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Man on the Street"

"Moy was quite an important figure in the class of 1901, Deering High School, if we are to judge from his record."

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Twenty Nationalities, But All Americans"

"… Public Schools offered daytime "Americanization" classes for adult and school-aged immigrants. Although organizations in Portland had provided…"

My Maine Stories

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History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars