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Item 29346

Susan Jane (Jennie) Dennison, Brunswick, ca. 1860, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1860 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Item 80488

Letter to Sarah Tarbox from classmate Susan Greenleaf, 1836

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1836 Location: Westport Media: Ink on paper

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Item 35481

Mary Susan Tucker Pike of Lubec, Boston, ca. 1890, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Boston; Lubec Media: Photograph on card

Online Exhibits

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Debates Over Suffrage

While numerous Mainers worked for and against woman suffrage in the state in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, some also worked on the national level, seeking a federal amendment to allow women the right to vote

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Mary King Scrimgeour dress, Lewiston, ca. 1895

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.

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Graduation Season

Graduations -- and schools -- in the 19th through the first decade of the 20th century often were small affairs and sometimes featured student presentations that demonstrated what they had learned. They were not necessarily held in May or June, what later became the standard "end of the school year."

Site Pages

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Fales Edgarton House, Thomaston, ca. 1870

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Atticus: A Fugitive Slave

"The Susan had shipped a cargo of lime and hay from East Thomaston, Maine, to Savannah, Georgia, and was to be repaired in that town."

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Methodist Episcopal Church, Strong, ca. 1905

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"… year old Lura Vellie Libby, daughter of Isaac and Susan Libby, left on-foot from her family farm northwest of the village, on her way to services…"