Keywords: Top hats
Item 135815
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1830 Location: Waterford Media: Silk, paper
Item 135812
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Portland Media: Silk
Exhibit
Northern Threads: Colonial and 19th century fur trade
A vignette in "Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society Part 1," this fur trade mini-exhibition discusses the environmental and economic impact of the fur trade in Maine through the 19th century.
Exhibit
Chansonetta Stanley Emmons: Staging the Past
Chansonetta Stanley Emmons (1858-1937) of Kingfield, Maine, experimented with the burgeoning artform of photography. Starting in 1897, Emmons documented the lives of people, many in rural and agricultural regions in Maine and around the world. Often described as recalling a bygone era, this exhibition features glass plate negatives and painted lantern slides from the collections of the Stanley Museum in Kingfield on deposit at Maine Historical Society, that present a time of rapid change, from 1897 to 1926.
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John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin in Spanish cloak, Bangor, 1846
"He called it a silk, round topped fur hat. He also described the rest of his outfit, including where he purchased the items."
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Historic Hallowell - Volunteer Firefighters and their Fire Clothes
"Their hats were yellow while some were red also with black in the middle with a number in front. Now the firemen wear jackets that are either black…"
Story
I have thought about Vietnam almost every day for 48 years
by Ted Heselton
Working as a heavy equipment operator in Vietnam
Story
Florence Ahlquist Link's WWII service in the WAVES
by Earlene Ahlquist Chadbourne
Florence Ahlquist, age 20, was trained to repair the new aeronautical cameras by the US Navy in WWII
