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Keywords: National costumes
Historical Items Showing 3 of 10 View All
Item 30998
Title: Canadian National Club, Biddeford, ca. 1910
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library
Date: 1910
Location: Biddeford
Media: Photograph on board
Item 75563
Title: Annah Butler Richardson, Albert, and friends, Norway, ca. 1917
Contributed by: Prince Memorial Library
Date: circa 1917
Media: Black and White Photograph
Item 23405
Title: National Youth Administration, Quoddy Village Pageant, 1937
Contributed by: National Archives at Boston
Date: 1937-07-05
Location: Eastport
Media: Photograph
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Exhibit
The Schooner Bowdoin: Ninety Years of Seagoing History
After traveling to the Arctic with Robert E. Peary, Donald B. MacMillan (1874-1970), an explorer, researcher, and lecturer, helped design his own vessel for Arctic exploration, the schooner Bowdoin, which he named after his alma mater. The schooner remains on the seas.
Exhibit
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.