Keywords: free high schools
Item 14089
Contributed by: Brewer Public Library Date: 1889-06-10 Location: Brewer Media: Photographic print
Item 13706
Kennebunkport High School, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Kennebunk Free Library Date: circa 1900 Location: Kennebunkport Media: Contact print from glass negative
Item 109598
High School Building for Mr. Norman H. Fay, Dexter, 1918
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1918 Location: Dexter; Dexter Client: Norman H. Fay Architect: Harry S. Coombs
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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."
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The Advent of Green Acre, A Baha'i Center of Learning
The Green Acre Baha'i School began as Green Acre Conferences, established by Sarah Jane Farmer in Eliot. She later became part of the Baha'i Faith and hosted speakers and programs that promoted peace. In 1912, the leader of the Baha'i Faith, 'Abdu'l-Baha, visited Green Acre, where hundreds saw him speak.
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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Schools
"High School, Hallowell, ca. 1900Hubbard Free Library Young factory workers (like people who worked at the local Hallowell cotton mills and shoe…"
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools
"Attendance at these schools was poor, probably due in part to the fact that the subject matter was more or less a dry repetition of material covered…"
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Florence Ahlquist Link's WWII service in the WAVES
by Earlene Ahlquist Chadbourne
Florence Ahlquist, age 20, was trained to repair the new aeronautical cameras by the US Navy in WWII
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Catching live bait with Grandfather
by Randy Randall
We never bought live bait for fishing. Grandfather caught all the minnows and shiners we needed.
