Keywords: Canadian fashion
Item 105692
Mary King Scrimgeour's collarless coat, Lewiston, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1900
Location: Lewiston
Media: wool, silk, cotton
This record contains 6 images.
Item 105660
Mary K. Scrimgeour's elaborate evening coat, Ontario, ca. 1875
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1875
Location: Lewiston
Media: silk
This record contains 10 images.
Exhibit
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
Holding up the Sky: Wabanaki people, culture, history, and art
Learn about Native diplomacy and obligation by exploring 13,000 years of Wabanaki residence in Maine through 17th century treaties, historic items, and contemporary artworks—from ash baskets to high fashion. Wabanaki voices contextualize present-day relevance and repercussions of 400 years of shared histories between Wabanakis and settlers to their region.
Site Page
Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area
"… and girls were skilled canoeists who used paddles fashioned by their fathers. Their way of life changed as a result of the coming of the Europeans…"
Site Page
Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3
"… Historical Society Campobello, a 15 square mile Canadian island in the Bay of Fundy and site of Franklin D."
