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Item 79927
Title: Mellie Dunham making snowshoes, Norway, 1924
Contributed by: Norway Historical Society
Date: 1924
Location: Norway
Media: photograph
Item 36545
Title: 'Our Life is One of Lights & Shadows' banner, Portland, 1841
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1841
Location: Portland
Media: Oil on linen
Item 36583
Title: Ship Builders trade banner, Portland, 1841
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1841
Location: Portland
Media: Oil on linen
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Exhibit
A Celebration of Skilled Artisans
The Maine Charitable Mechanic Association, an organization formed to promote and support skilled craftsmen, celebrated civic pride and members' trades with a parade through Portland on Oct. 8, 1841 at which they displayed 17 painted linen banners with graphic and textual representations of the artisans' skills.