Mellie Dunham making snowshoes, ca. 1925
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Mellie Dunham of Norway made snowshoes, notably making 60 pairs of snowshoes for Commodore Robert Peary for an expedition to the North Pole.
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- Title: Mellie Dunham making snowshoes, ca. 1925
- Creation Date: circa 1925
- Subject Date: circa 1925
- Town: Norway
- County: Oxford
- State: ME
- Media: Glass negative
- Local Code: Coll. 1949 #11761; 2005.061.11761
- Collection: Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection
- Object Type: Image
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Dunham, Alanson Mellen, 1853-1931--Homes and haunts--Maine--Norway
Violinists
Snowshoes & snowshoeing--Maine--Norway
Musicians--Maine--Norway
Dunham's snowshoes (Norway, Me.)
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