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Historical Items

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Item 34801

Blue Hill Falls Schoolhouse, Blue Hill 1922

Contributed by: Blue Hill Public Library Date: 1922 Location: Blue Hill Media: Photographic print

Item 34056

Class in front of Blue Hill Academy, Blue Hill, 1893

Contributed by: Blue Hill Public Library Date: 1893 Location: Blue Hill Media: Photographic print

Item 38987

Bluehill Academy Journal, 1863

Contributed by: Blue Hill Public Library Date: 1863 Location: Blue Hill Media: Ink on paper

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 110469

Bagaduce Music and Lending Library, Blue Hill, ca. 1990

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1990 Location: Blue Hill Client: Bagaduce Music Lending Library Architect: Landscape Design Associates

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Reading, Writing and 'Rithmetic: Brooklin Schools

When Brooklin, located on the Blue Hill Peninsula, was incorporated in 1849, there were ten school districts and nine one-room school houses. As the years went by, population changes affected the location and number of schools in the area. State requirements began to determine ways that student's education would be handled. Regardless, education of the Brooklin students always remained a high priority for the town.

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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."

Exhibit

Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine

BEGIN AGAIN explores Maine's historic role, going back 528 years, in crisis that brought about the pandemic, social and economic inequities, and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.

Site Pages

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Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"… Academy Class in front of Blue Hill Academy, Blue Hill, 1893Blue Hill Public Library Blue Hill Academy Ever since the 1790s, residents of…"

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Blue Hill, Maine - Meet Blue Hill's Project Team

"The Blue Hill Library serves children and adults of all backgrounds and circumstances who seek information and the pleasure that comes from the life…"

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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4

"New In-migrations since the 1950s. A series of migrations from urban areas along the Eastern Seaboard and as far west as California has brought new…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne

Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima

Story

History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars