Keywords: Outdoor clothing
Item 111459
Maine Guide shirt jac by Congress Sportswear, ca. 1960
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1960 Media: wool, plastic
Item 111597
Leather patch jodhpurs, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Media: cotton, leather, plastic
Exhibit
Hiking, Art and Science: Portland's White Mountain Club
In 1873, a group of men, mostly from Portland, formed the second known hiking club in the U.S., the White Mountain Club of Portland, to carry out their scientific interests, their love of hiking and camaraderie, and their artistic interests in painting and drawing the features of several of the White Mountains.
Exhibit
Visitors to the Maine woods in the early twentieth century often recorded their adventures in private diaries or journals and in photographs. Their remembrances of canoeing, camping, hunting and fishing helped equate Maine with wilderness.
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - Active & Casual Wear
"… Slide Show The growing and changing range of outdoor and indoor activities pursued by the general populace increasingly required specific…"
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - 1900-1910 - Page 1 of 3
"… increasing participation in the workforce and outdoor activities, favored a more naturally curved silhouette with plain, sensible skirts (still…"
Story
Growing up DownEast
by Darrin MC Mclellan
Stories of growing up Downeast
Story
Langdon Burton and the Cold, Wet Tourists
by Phil Tedrick
A father and son have their vacation experience totally changed by an encounter with a fisherman
