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Historical Items Showing 3 of 71 View All
Item 75127
Title: Welcome to Jay sign, ca. 1986
Contributed by: Maine's Paper & Heritage Museum
Date: circa 1986
Location: Jay
Media: Photograph
Item 80804
Title: Welcome to Mexico sign, ca. 2008
Contributed by: Mexico Historical Society
Date: circa 2008
Location: Mexico
Media: wood and metal
Item 4165
Title: Soldier welcome, Portland, ca. 1945
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1945
Location: Portland
Media: Black and white photograph
Exhibits Showing 3 of 24 View All
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When Europeans arrived in North America and disrupted traditional Native American patterns of life, they also offered other opportunities: trade goods for furs. The fur trade had mixed results for the Wabanaki.
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Post office clerks began collecting strong red, white, and blue string, rolling it onto a ball and passing it on to the next post office to express their support for the Union effort in the Civil War. Accompanying the ball was this paper scroll on which the clerks wrote messages and sometimes drew images.
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Remembering Mellie Dunham: Snowshoe Maker and Fiddler
Alanson Mellen "Mellie" Dunham and his wife Emma "Gram" Dunham were well-known musicians throughout Maine and the nation in the early decades of the 20th century. Mellie Dunham also received fame as a snowshoe maker.
