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Keywords: Falmouth High School

Historical Items

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Item 103010

Students perform a duet on the "Dave Astor Show," Portland, 1962

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1962-03-24 Location: Portland Media: Film transparency

Item 102983

Locust Dairy promotion on the "Dave Astor Show," Portland, 1962

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1962-03-17 Location: Portland Media: Film transparency

Item 9322

Wall Hanging from Quilt from Falmouth, 1884

Contributed by: Cumberland Historical Society Date: 1884 Location: Cumberland Media: Textile

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 151147

Falmouth High School addition, Falmouth, 1930-1935

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1930–1935 Location: Falmouth Client: Town of Falmouth Architect: John P. Thomas

Online Exhibits

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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.

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Horace W. Shaylor: Portland Penman

Horace W. Shaylor, a native of Ohio, settled in Portland and turned his focus to handwriting, developing several unique books of handwriting instruction. He also was a talented artist.

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Westbrook Seminary: Educating Women

Westbrook Seminary, built on Stevens Plain in 1831, was founded to educate young men and young women. Seminaries traditionally were a form of advanced secondary education. Westbrook Seminary served an important function in admitting women students, for whom education was less available in the early and mid nineteenth century.

Site Pages

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 1 of 2

"Whether it was Stephens High or Rumford High, there has always been a strong sports tradition at the schools."

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Architecture & Landscape database - Eaton W. Tarbell

"Upon completing Bowdoin in 1937, he enrolled in the Department of Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design."

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Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson

"Frederick Tompson graduated from Portland High School in 1876 and immediately entered the office of Francis H. Fassett, the city’s leading architect."

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