Keywords: Roses
Item 10468
Contributed by: Margaret Chase Smith Library Date: 1924-11-20 Location: Skowhegan Media: Playbill
Item 104302
Recipe for reusing rose petals, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Media: Ink on paper
Item 87194
Rose I. Pettengill Estate property, Church Street, Cliff Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Rose I. Pettengill Estate Use: Shed
Item 85919
Rose property, E. Side Island Avenue, rear, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Charles A. Rose Use: Summer Dwelling
Item 111873
John S. Hyde residence, Bath, 1913-1956
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1913–1956 Location: Bath Client: John Sedgwick Hyde Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
Exhibit
Women at the turn of the 20th century were increasingly involved in paid work outside the home. For wage-earning women in the Old Port section of Portland, the jobs ranged from canning fish and vegetables to setting type. A study done in 1907 found many women did not earn living wages.
Exhibit
Northern Threads: Silhouettes in Sequence, ca. 1780-1889
A themed exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring a timeline of silhouettes from about 1775 through 1889.
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison is Established - 1823
"Prison is Established - 1823 Dr. Rose House, Thomaston, ca. 1960sThomaston Historical Society Dr."
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Postscript: More Moving Buildings
"Rose Lane and Clover Cottage - Asticou Way Panorama ca. 1935Northeast Harbor Library In 1933, Charles K. and Katharine L."
Story
How roses became a big part of my life
by Clarence Rhodes
Clarence Rhodes's experiences growing, exhibiting, and judging roses in Maine and around the world.
Story
Pandemic ruminations and the death of Rose Cleveland
by Tilly Laskey
Correlations between the 1918 and 2020 Pandemics