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
Item 105660
Mary K. Scrimgeour's elaborate evening coat, Ontario, ca. 1875
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1875 Location: Lewiston Media: silk
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
Music in Maine - Radio Cowboys and Country Music
"… for ten years, first gaining popularity with Canadian audiences through CBC broadcasts and in 1953 working as regulars on the WWVA Wheeling…"
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…"
