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Keywords: Bird feathers

Historical Items

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Item 135825

Feather duster, Portland, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Portland Media: Wood, feathers, metal

Item 105131

A. Rosenthal velvet coat from Berlin, Germany, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Berlin Media: silk, sateen, velvet, feather

Item 135830

Mason's dress hat, Portland, ca. 1885

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1885 Location: Portland Media: Silk, Leather, Ostrich feathers

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

CODE RED: Climate, Justice & Natural History Collections

Explore topics around climate change by reuniting collections from one of the nation's earliest natural history museums, the Portland Society of Natural History. The exhibition focuses on how museums collect, and the role of humans in creating changes in society, climate, and biodiversity.

Exhibit

Bookplates Honor Annie Louise Cary

A summer resident of Wayne collected more than 3,000 bookplates to honor Maine native and noted opera singer Annie Louise Cary and to support the Cary Memorial Library.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Music in Maine - Opera, Orchestras and Stages

"Fans made from bird feathers became an opera fashion accessory, complementing the entire ensemble, as essential gloves and a gown for formal events."

My Maine Stories

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Story

Ivory-billed Woodpeckers
by Doug Hitchcox, Staff Naturalist at Maine Audubon

The Ivory-billed Woodpecker in the Portland Society of Natural History Collections

Story

Making the wapi-kuhkukhahs / Snowy Owl basket
by Gabriel Frey and Gal Frey

A story of a mother and son artistic collaboration.