Keywords: Good Health Parade
Item 28698
Good Health Parade, Portland, 1924
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1924 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 28701
Portland Good Health Parade, 1924
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1924 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Exhibit
Among the Lungers: Treating TB
Tuberculosis -- or consumption as it often was called -- claimed so many lives and so threatened the health of communities that private organizations and, by 1915, the state, got involved in TB treatment. The state's first tuberculosis sanatorium was built on Greenwood Mountain in Hebron and introduced a new philosophy of treatment.
Exhibit
This Rebellion: Maine and the Civil War
For Mainers like many other people in both the North and the South, the Civil War, which lasted from 1861-1865, had a profound effect on their lives. Letters, artifacts, relics, and other items saved by participants at home and on the battlefield help illuminate the nature of the Civil War experience for Mainers.
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Dancing Fraternity, City of Bangor, 1868
"… philosophy of dancing, of "proper" society, of health, of appropriate manners, instructions for dances, and details about the various members of…"
Site Page
Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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