Keywords: toys (recreational artifacts)
Item 17130
Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1920 Location: Littleton Media: Wood
Item 18730
Haskell Silk Company puzzle, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Westbrook Media: Wood
Exhibit
Art of the People: Folk Art in Maine
For many different reasons people saved and carefully preserved the objects in this exhibit. Eventually, along with the memories they hold, the objects were passed to the Maine Historical Society. Object and memory, serve as a powerful way to explore history and to connect to the lives of people in the past.
Exhibit
Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine
BEGIN AGAIN explores Maine's historic role, going back 528 years, in crisis that brought about the pandemic, social and economic inequities, and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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