Keywords: pupils
Item 53019
Violin pupils, Fairfield, 1918
Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: 1918 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print
Item 35276
Pupils and teachers of Spruce Street School, Biddeford, 1886
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1886 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
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Public education has been a part of Maine since Euro-American settlement began to stabilize in the early eighteenth century. But not until the end of the nineteenth century was public education really compulsory in Maine.
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Selections from the Collections
Maine Historical Society staff come across unique and unforgettable items in our collections every day. While it's difficult to choose favorites from a dynamic collection, this exhibit features memorable highlights as selected by members of the MHS staff.
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools
"… in 1864 and had the second largest number of pupils. It was called the Ryder School located across from Durkee’s Store, later moved to become part…"
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Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School
"By the 1920s a water cooler with a spigot assured the school remained modern and pupils fashioned water cups out of half sheets of arithmetic paper."
