Keywords: child support
Item 103262
Allocation of money for the children of the late John B. Russwurm, Yarmouth, 1852
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1852-07-06 Location: Yarmouth Media: Ink on paper
Item 67543
Child laborers, Lewiston, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 1920 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
From French Canadians to Franco-Americans
French Canadians who emigrated to the Lewiston-Auburn area faced discrimination as children and adults -- such as living in "Little Canada" tenements and being ridiculed for speaking French -- but also adapted to their new lives and sustained many cultural traditions.
Exhibit
Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs
The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.
Site Page
"Until child labor laws were instituted in the 1930s children, using sharp knives, removed the heads, tails and entrails from the fish."
Site Page
"This project is supported by a National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum & Library Services."
Story
Black Is Beautiful
by Judi Jones
Gut-wrenching fear
Story
Lifelong Lepidopterist
by E. Christopher Livesay
Chris Livesay collects and studies butterflies.