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LC Subject Heading: Fur

Historical Items

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Item 110563

Byron Greenough & Co. box lid advertisment, Portland, ca.1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Location: Portland Media: cardboard, ink on paper

Item 104493

Daguerreotype of Horatio Woodman in fur, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Portland; Buxton Media: Daguerreotype

Item 103179

Rudy Vallee and Fay Webb, Portland, ca. 1932

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1932 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Lesson Plans

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Lesson Plan

The Fur Trade in Maine

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12, Postsecondary Content Area: Science & Engineering, Social Studies
This lesson presents an overview of the history of the fur trade in Maine with a focus on the 17th and 18th centuries, on how fashion influenced that trade, and how that trade impacted Indigenous peoples and the environment.