Keywords: match sticks
Item 15490
Diorama of the Northern Maine Woods , ca. 1930
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1930 Location: Amity Media: Match sticks and paint
Item 67308
Match/Toothpick canister, Strong Wood Turning Corp., Strong, cr. 1955
Contributed by: Mr. & Mrs. Robert Pike through Strong Historical Society Date: circa 1955 Location: Strong Media: Lacquered wood
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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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These stories -- that stretch from 1999 back to 1759 -- take you from an amusement park to the halls of Congress. There are inventors, artists, showmen, a railway agent, a man whose civic endeavors helped shape Portland, a man devoted to the pursuit of peace and one known for his military exploits, Maine's first novelist, a woman who recorded everyday life in detail, and an Indian who survived a British attack.
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru
"… cups, ice cream sticks, tongue depressors, candy sticks, coffee stirrers, Q-tip sticks, and so on through the years."
