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Item 110543

Mourning armband for George Washington, ca. 1799

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1799 Media: silk, ink

Item 110636

Mourning ring for Eleanor Cummings, Portland, 1824

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1824 Location: Portland Media: gold, jet

Item 110542

William Minott memorial watercolor, Westbrook, ca. 1825

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1825 Location: Westbrook; Portland Media: watercolor

Online Exhibits

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Bradbury family mourning dress, Standish, ca. 1845

Northern Threads: Mourning Fashions

A themed exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring 18th and 19th century mourning jewelry and fashions.

Exhibit

Child's chair with portrait, Portland, 1908

Art of the People: Folk Art in Maine

For many different reasons people saved and carefully preserved the objects in this exhibit. Eventually, along with the memories they hold, the objects were passed to the Maine Historical Society. Object and memory, serve as a powerful way to explore history and to connect to the lives of people in the past.

Exhibit

Carved eagle for Anshe Sfard synagogue Torah ark, Portland, ca. 1917

Anshe Sfard, Portland's Early Chassidic Congregation

Chassidic Jews who came to Portland from Eastern Europe formed a congregation in the late 19th century and, in 1917, built a synagogue -- Anshe Sfard -- on Cumberland Avenue in Portland. By the early 1960s, the congregation was largely gone. The building was demolished in 1983.