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Historical Items

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Item 8851

West Garland School, Garland, ca. 1960

Contributed by: Garland Historical Society Date: circa 1960 Location: Garland Media: Photographic print

Item 8848

School class, Garland, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Garland Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Garland Media: Photographic print

Item 8853

Women's Relief Corps, Garland, 1907

Contributed by: Garland Historical Society Date: 1907 Location: Garland Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 89100

Garland property, S. Side Island Avenue, Long Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Frank E. Garland Use: Summer Dwelling

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 110460

Garland Farm, ca. 1955-1990

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1955–1990 Client: Lewis Garland, Architect: Landscape Design Associates

Item 109242

Bangor Field House at Garland Street School, Bangor, 1946

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1946 Location: Bangor Client: City of Bangor Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Item 109186

Samuel S. Goodman residence, Bangor, 1948

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1948 Location: Bangor; Bangor Client: Samuel S. Goodman Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Online Exhibits

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Farm-yard Frames

Throughout New England, barns attached to houses are fairly common. Why were the buildings connected? What did farmers or families gain by doing this? The phenomenon was captured in the words of a children's song, "Big house, little house, back house, barn," (Thomas C. Hubka <em>Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn, the Connected Farm Buildings of New England,</em> University Press of New England, 1984.)

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The Schooner Bowdoin: Ninety Years of Seagoing History

After traveling to the Arctic with Robert E. Peary, Donald B. MacMillan (1874-1970), an explorer, researcher, and lecturer, helped design his own vessel for Arctic exploration, the schooner <em>Bowdoin,</em> which he named after his alma mater. The schooner remains on the seas.

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The Sanitary Commission: Meeting Needs of Soldiers, Families

The Sanitary Commission, formed soon after the Civil War began in the spring of 1861, dealt with the health, relief needs, and morale of soldiers and their families. The Maine Agency helped families and soldiers with everything from furloughs to getting new socks.

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Garland Historical Society

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 1, pages 000-26

"Norcross O. M. Shaw William D. McLaughlin Henry Garland New York Hippodrome Crystal Palace, London 1853 railroad accident, Chicago 1849 Bangor…"

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Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"Later, in 1953, nobody at Garland Street would have guessed that Billy Cohen, now a seventh grader, would be the future Secretary of Defense under…"