1800s Portrait of the White Family, Levant, Maine

UPDATE:  Scroll down to the comments where a reader has identified and placed the people in the photograph and identified the setting, which is still standing today - it's the Baptist Church on the Horseback Road in Levant, Maine.  The people include:  Ethel Bryant White; Zelma M. White; Charles F. White; Medora White; Harry White; Stanley White; Christy White.  Many thanks!

UPDATE of February 2018: Check the comments section where readers have provided conflicting identifications.


1800s photograph of the White family, taken outside the Baptist Church on Horseback Road, Levant, Maine.


The photographer's name was Frank Stoddard, Levant, Maine.  It looks as though he applied his fancy name by hand.

If you, like the reader in the first two comments below, have any additional information on the White family of Levant, Maine, please leave a comment or contact me directly.  Thanks!



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1906 Graduating Exercises, Belfast High School, Belfast, Maine

1906 Graduating Exercises of the Belfast High School, Class of 1906, at Belfast Opera House, Friday Evening, June 15, 1906, in Belfast Maine.

Motto - Onward and Upward
Class Colors - Yellow and White
Class Flower - Yellow Rose

Teachers: H. R. Eaton; Caroline W. Field; Annie L. Barr; Melvina V. Parker

Prayer: Rev. D. I. Wilson

Salutatory: Maud Jeannette Herrick
Class History: Eliza Frances Abbott
Piano Solo, "Polish Dance" by Scharwenka: Ethola Wynona Frost
Class Prophesy: Isaphine Ella Patterson
Class Oration: Eugene Edgecombe Thomas
Chorus, "The Guardian Angel, Gounod
Presentation of Gifts: Theodore Newell Shorey, Hugh Hayford
Essay, "The Rose": Annette  Arabella Shuman
Banjo Solo, "Autumn Breezes", Lansing: Sarah Clark Collins
Valedictory: Gertrude Mudgett Banks
Awarding Diplomas: Rev. Ashley A. Smith
Singing of Class Ode
Chorus, "A Day on the Water", Veazie
Benediction: Rev. Harry Lutz

Class of 1906:
Eliza Frances Abbott
Marion Holmes Bailey
Gertrude Mudgett Banks
Sarah Clark Collins
Ethel Enna Davis
Lucy Ann Dickey
Ethola Wynona Frost
Hugh Hayford
Maude Jeannette Herrick
Blanche Eloise Kimball
Melvin Clarence Knowlton
Isabelle Sarah Mayo
Arthur Rodney Murch
Isaphine Ella Patterson
Theodore Newell Shorey
Annette Arabella Shuman
Eugene Edgecombe Thomas

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New Testament presented to Lennoxville Quebec student 1956

This little New Testament, published by the Gideons International, In Canada, has a completed presentation page.  It was presented to Colin McLernon, Bishop's College School, Lennoxville, Quebec, in the 1956/1957 school year.  It's not in the best of shape, but I'm hoping that someone finds the sentimental value outweighs condition.  Somehow it found its way to eastern Maine.

If you know of a family member who would like this keepsake returned, please let me know.

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1964 Commencement Program, Memorial High School, Bristol, New Hampshire

Something a bit newer for a change:

8.5" x 11" page, folded into quarters, comprising a program for the Fortieth Commencement Exercises at Memorial High School, Bristol, New Hampshire.  Friday, June 12, 1964, 8 PM.  Rough shape, but legible.

Invocation:  Rev. Ethel Lee Matthews

Four Hundred Years of Knowledge

Salutatory: "Truth will come to light...in the end truth will out."  Launcelot, The Merchant of Venice, Act II, Sc. II;  EDNA LEE MACDOUGALL

"No, Sir, you must not kneel."  Cordelia, King Lear, Act IV, Sc VII;  CARL LESLIE VANCELETTE

"I have no way and therefore want no eyes; I stumbled when I saw."  Gloucester, King Lear, Act IV, Sc I;  SUSAN BETTY OBER

Valedictory:  "What a piece of work is a man."  Hamlet, Hamlet, Act II, Sc. II;  ROGER ALLEN GOODNOUGH

Commencement Song...Cornell University Theme, Words by Senior, Sandra Della Esty.  HIGH SCHOOL CHORUS

Address:  Dr. John T. Holden, Professor of Government, University of New Hampshire

Presentation of Gift:  CARL LESLIE VANCELETTE

Acceptance of Gift:  MARTHA LOUISE PARSONS

Presentation of Awards:  WILLIAM B. BASTON, Principal of High School

Presentation of Diplomas:  CHESTER F. WELLS, Chairman, School Board

Recessional

Reception for Seniors, Front of State
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Hope you find someone of interest in this - enjoy!

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1893 Brochure for State Normal School, Castine, Maine

This vintage brochure names the faculty and trustees of the State Normal School at Castine, Maine, for the Spring Term beginning March 7, 1893.

Albert F. Richardson, A.M., Principal; Psychology, Didactics, History of Education, Civil Govt.

Mary E. Hughes, Eng. Literature; Rhetoric, Geometry, Algebra, Grammar

Edward E. Philbrook, M.D.; Physiology, Chemistry, Music, Geography

Nellie F. Harvey; Botany, Drawing, Reading, Geometry, Algebra

Winnie Austin; Physics, Physical Geography, Astronomy, History, Writing

Helen Coombs; Arithmetic, History, Spelling

Mabel F. Simmons; Teacher of Training School

Trustees:

Gov. Henry B. Cleaves, Ex-officio

Nelson A. Luce, Ex-officio, State Superintendent of Common Schools

I. Warren Merrill, Farmington

John A. Hinckley, Gorham

Henry L. Chapman, Brunswick

Oliver B. Clason, Gardiner

William George Sargent, Castine

If you recognize a name or names from the people mentioned above and have information to share, please leave a comment or contact me directly.

1901 Graduation Program, Deer Isle Grammar School, Deer Isle, Maine

Booklet Program for Graduating Exercises for the Grammar School at Deer Isle, Maine, Class of 1901.
Hopefully all of the students participated, so that they are all named below:

Salutatory:  Guy E. Torrey, "Welcome"
Essay:  Ernest Foster, "Kindness"
Essay: Ernest H. Pickering, "Electricity
Oration: Nellie E. Pinkham, "Education as Related to Prosperity"
History: George D. Carman, The Past and Present"
Song: Class of 1902, "Good Bye"
Essay: Bessie G. Lowe, "True Nobility"
Essay: Charlena C. Holden, "Perseverance Brings Reward"
Oration: Burton A. Haskell, "The Decisive Battle of the Rebellion"
Prophecy: Villa M. Haskell, "Upholding the Future"
Singing:  Misses Green and Haskell
Oration: Jasper P. Haskell, "George Washington"
Class Will: Frank H. Powers
Valedictory: Angie M. Gray, "Climb though our Path Be Rugged"
Conferring Diplomas
Singing Class Ode
Benediction

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Vintage Brochure, Captain Benson's Sightseeing Yachts Liberty & Nimrod, Bar Harbor, Maine

Here's a fun piece! A vintage brochure advertising Captain Benson's Sightseeing Yachts the "Liberty" and the "Nimrod", which carried passengers out from Benson's Pier at Bar Harbor, Maine, to explore the beautiful Frenchmans Bay. Bar Harbor is located on Mount Desert Island, home to a major portion of Acadia National Park. Captain Benson reports that he takes passengers closer to shore than other tour operators and is the only captain to take his passengers around Iron Bound Island. He also points out, with the help of an amplifier system, the various opulent mansions, unique geologic formations, Anemone Cave, Thunder Hole and Great Head. The Libertym he describes, is a luxurious steamship with red plush seating and lavatory facilities. The Nimrod has the largest passenger capacity on Frenchmans Bay. Captain Benson reassures passengers that he has 26 years experience navigating boats on and around Frenchmans Bay.

There's no date or clue to the date on this brochure, but an excursion on the Liberty will set you back a whole dollar; the Nimrod, a staggering dollar and a half.

If you have information about Captain Benson, the Liberty and the Nimrod, please leave a comment. Enjoy!

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