Keywords: Monson home
Item 80970
Walter Jackson home, Monson ca. 1900
Contributed by: Monson Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Monson Media: Photographic print
Item 80968
Sitting room, early Monson home, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Monson Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Monson Media: Photographic print
Item 37185
25-27 Columbia Road, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: A Louise Monson Use: Dwelling - Two family
Item 37186
Assessor's Record, 25-27 Columbia Road, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: A Louise Monson Use: Garage
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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.
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Maine's ample woods historically provided numerous game animals and birds for hunters seeking food, fur, or hides. The promotion of hunting as tourism and concerns about conservation toward the end of the nineteenth century changed the nature of hunting in Maine.
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Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4
"… Corcoran, and is now encamped about 4 Miles from Monsons Hill and I shall go and see them at the first opportunity."
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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5
"… was used a lot because of the slate quarry in Monson. In the early 1900s indoor plumbing and electricity where used in new construction."