Keywords: Wooden toys
Item 7503
Expandable wooden toy, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Norridgewock Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Norridgewock Media: Wood
Item 6882
Jack-straws game, Portland, ca. 1872
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1872 Media: Wood, leather
Exhibit
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
Desserts have always been a special treat. For centuries, Mainers have enjoyed something sweet as a nice conclusion to a meal or celebrate a special occasion. But many things have changed over the years: how cooks learn to make desserts, what foods and tools were available, what was important to people.
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Brackleys
… producing wooden handles, knobs, caps, rings, toys and countless other novelties which were shipped all over the country and abroad.
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Online Items
… producing wooden handles, knobs, caps, rings, toys and countless other novelties which were shipped all over the country and abroad.
Story
My father's world - the old farm in Richmond, Maine
by Donald C. Cunningham
A story about my father and our family.
Story
A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin
As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down
