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Historical Items Showing 3 of 148 View All
Item 17272
Title: Lillian Nordica stage jewelry, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Nordica Memorial Association
Date: circa 1900
Location: Farmington
Media: wood, glass, metal
Item 48401
Title: Emily Ilsley Cummings coral jewelry, Portland, ca. 1800
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1800
Location: Portland
Media: Gold and red coral
Item 10927
Title: Portrait of Big Mary, Pleasant Point, 1901
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1901
Location: Eastport
Media: color enhanced photographic print
Exhibits Showing 3 of 6 View All
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Gifts From Gluskabe: Maine Indian Artforms
According to legend, the Great Spirit created Gluskabe, who shaped the world of the Native People of Maine, and taught them how to use and respect the land and the resources around them. This exhibit celebrates the gifts of Gluskabe with Maine Indian art works from the early nineteenth to mid twentieth centuries.
Exhibit
Lock of George Washington's Hair
Correspondence between Elizabeth Wadsworth, her father Peleg Wadsworth and Martha Washington's secretary about the gift of a lock of George Washington's hair to Eliza.
Exhibit
Passamaquoddy Indians from Washington County traveled to Portland in 1920 to take part in the Maine Centennial Exposition. They set up an "Indian Village" at Deering Oaks Park.