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Item 111848

Feathered cocktail hat, Cape Elizabeth, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Cape Elizabeth; New York Media: silk, ostrich feathers

Item 135824

Red feather handscreen fan, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Feathers, fiber, ivory

Item 135825

Feather duster, Portland, ca. 1870

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

Online Exhibits

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Father John Bapst: Catholicism's Defender and Promoter

Father John Bapst, a Jesuit, knew little of America or Maine when he arrived in Old Town in 1853 from Switzerland. He built churches and defended Roman Catholics against Know-Nothing activists, who tarred and feathered the priest in Ellsworth in 1854.

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Bird and butterfly display at the Portland Society of Natural History, ca. 1965

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.

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The Nativist Klan

In Maine, like many other states, a newly formed Ku Klux Klan organization began recruiting members in the years just before the United States entered World War I. A message of patriotism and cautions about immigrants and non-Protestants drew many thousands of members into the secret organization in the early 1920s. By the end of the decade, the group was largely gone from Maine.

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Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1870 to 1900

"Mantle with ostrich feathers, ca. 1890Maine Historical Society A black late 1890s wool cape-coat with loose back pleating, extensive silk cord…"

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Cumston Hall Auditorium Seating, Monmouth, ca. 1900

Music in Maine - Opera, Orchestras and Stages

"… performed in regalia from the Plains, like full feather bonnets from Poolaw’s Kiowa heritage. Lilian Nordica, Farmington's Diva Click to…"

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Music in Maine - Community and School Marching Bands

"Band members wore typical Penobscot-style upright feather headdresses and beaded collars and cuffs. Singing, dancing, performing reenactments and…"