Keywords: Women in ties
Item 70280
Women sorting rags, Brewer, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Maine Folklife Center, Univ. of Maine Date: circa 1920 Location: Brewer Media: Photographic print
Item 111091
NES models with Mildred Burrage, South Portland, 1943
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1943 Location: South Portland Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
Published women authors with ties to Maine are too numerous to count. They have made their marks in all types of literature.
Exhibit
Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In
Adorning oneself to look one's "best" has varied over time, gender, economic class, and by event. Adornments suggest one's sense of identity and one's intent to stand out or fit in.
Site Page
Colonists drew on family wealth in order to invest, and familial bonds undergirded business partnerships.
Site Page
… its earliest settlement the town has maintained ties of family, friendship and commerce with New Brunswick.
Story
Learning to fly and instructing cadets at West Point during WWII
by Vera Cleaves
West Point during World War II
Story
Tapestry, Seine Twine and Burlesque
by Barbara Burns
My work as a tapestry artist and dancer in Maine.
