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Item 9244
Title: Letter from E.W. Farley to Rufus Choate, July 30, 1856
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1856-07-30
Location: Waterville
Media: Ink on paper
Item 34341
Title: Wilder Oilcloth Factory, Hinckley's Point, Hallowell, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library
Date: circa 1895
Location: Hallowell
Media: Photograph
Item 1010
Title: Sunset on Umsaskis Lake, 1923
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1923-06-15
Media: Black and white photograph
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Anglo-Americans in northern New England sometimes interpreted their own anxieties about the Wilderness, their faith, and their conflicts with Native Americans as signs that the Devil and his handmaidens, witches, were active in their midst.
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Visitors to the Maine woods in the early twentieth century often recorded their adventures in private diaries or journals and in photographs. Their remembrances of canoeing, camping, hunting and fishing helped equate Maine with wilderness.
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Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In
Adorning oneself to look one's "best" has varied over time, gender, economic class, and by event. Adornments suggest one's sense of identity and one's intent to stand out or fit in.