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Dormitory room at Bates College, Lewiston, ca. 1901

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1901 Location: Lewiston Media: Glass Negative

Students outside The Lodge dormitory, Farmington Normal School, 1937

Contributed by: Mantor Library at UMF Date: 1937 Location: Farmington Media: photographic print

736-740 Stevens Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: William W. Roberts Devisees Use: Girls Dormitory

Assessor's Record, 716-730 Stevens Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Westbrook College Use: Dormitory & Classrooms

Boys Dormitory- Maine Central Institute, Pittsfield, 1928

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1928 Location: Pittsfield Client: Maine Central Institute Architect: Harry S. Coombs

Opportunity Farm lodge elevation, New Gloucester, 1983

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1983 Location: New Gloucester Client: Opportunity Farm Association Architect: Ward Cabin Co.

Practical Nursing in Waterville

The Maine School of Practical Nursing opened a facility in Waterville in 1957 and continued teaching practical nursing there until about 1980 when changes in the profession and in the state's educational structure led to its demise.

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.

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"The school now consisted of a dormitory, the main building, the gymnasium. A superior athletic field was later added."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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

West Point during World War II