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Item 64325

Scott Hall, Farmington State Teachers College, ca. 1960

Contributed by: Mantor Library at UMF Date: circa 1960 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print

Item 64319

Ermo Scott, Farmington, 1966

Contributed by: Mantor Library at UMF Date: 1966 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print

Item 64396

Purington Hall lounge, Farmington State Normal School, ca. 1937

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

Online Exhibits

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Students on porch, Farmington State Normal School, ca. 1928

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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Maine Streets: The Postcard View

Photographers from the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Co. of Belfast traveled throughout the state, especially in small communities, taking images for postcards. Many of these images, taken in the first three decades of the twentieth century, capture Main Streets on the brink of modernity.

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Maine Soldiers' Relief Association card, Washington, ca. 1863

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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Cottage baby with student nurse, Farmington, ca. 1947

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Welcome

"… as well as future teachers at University of Maine Farmington to teach the skills of working with primary documents to better understand the people…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Maps

"Farmington Cemeteries Farmington Early Schools Farmington Cultural Interest Sites Farmington Mill Sites Titcomb Family Sites Farmington Agricultural…"