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Historical Items

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Item 20245

"1936 Bangor to Caribou Marathon" Skiers, 1936

Contributed by: New Sweden Historical Society Date: 1936 Location: New Sweden; Caribou; Bangor Media: Photographic print

Item 20668

Laverne Anderson, New Sweden, 1937

Contributed by: New Sweden Historical Society Date: 1937 Location: New Sweden; Fort Fairfield; Caribou; Presque Isle Media: Photographic print

Item 22747

New Sweden Athletic Club patch, ca. 1935

Contributed by: New Sweden Historical Society Date: circa 1935 Location: New Sweden Media: Blue and gold felt

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Les Raquetteurs

In the early 1600s, French explorers and colonizers in the New World quickly adopted a Native American mode of transportation to get around during the harsh winter months: the snowshoe. Most Northern societies had some form of snowshoe, but the Native Americans turned it into a highly functional item. French settlers named snowshoes "raquettes" because they resembled the tennis racket then in use.

Exhibit

Fashion for the People: Maine's Graphic Tees

From their humble beginnings as undergarments to today's fashion runways, t-shirts have evolved into universally worn wardrobe staples. Original graphic t-shirts, graphic t-shirt quilts, and photographs trace the 102-year history of the garment, demonstrating how, through the act of wearing graphic tees, people own a part of history relating to politics, social justice, economics, and commemorative events in Maine.

Site Pages

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - New Sweden Athletic Club

"Skiing was brought by the Swedes when they settled the Swedish Colony. Children used Swedish snowshoes which are also known as “skidor” (long and…"

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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