Keywords: home decor
Item 10221
Contributed by: The General Henry Knox Museum Date: circa 1795 Location: Thomaston; Boston Media: Paper
Item 15827
Andrew Leighton Home, Eliot, 1910
Contributed by: William Fogg Library Date: 1910 Location: Eliot Media: Postcard
Item 87939
McVey property, N. Side Island Avenue, Lot 95, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Alice E. McVey Use: Summer Dwelling
Item 111542
Nixon residence plans and elevations, Brunswick, 2016-2017
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2016–2017 Location: Brunswick Clients: Brooke Nixon; Andy Nixon Architect: Carol A. Wilson; Carol A. Wilson, Architect
Exhibit
Home: The Longfellow House & the Emergence of Portland
The Wadsworth-Longfellow house is the oldest building on the Portland peninsula, the first historic site in Maine, a National Historic Landmark, home to three generations of Wadsworth and Longfellow family members -- including the boyhood home of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The history of the house and its inhabitants provide a unique view of the growth and changes of Portland -- as well as of the immediate surroundings of the home.
Exhibit
Young men and women in the 19th century often went away from home -- sometimes for a few months, sometimes for longer periods -- to attend academies, seminaries, or schools run by individuals. While there, they wrote letters home, reporting on boarding arrangements and coursework undertaken, and inquired about the family at home.
Site Page
Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - Streetscape, 1790-1930
"… had a Mansard roof, which originally included decorative windows, stone ornamentation, and a slate finish."
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 1 of 4
"… new narrow goods industry, now manufacturing decorative braids, cords, ribbons, passementerie, lace, soutache, and fringes, items heretofore…"
Story
Wabanaki Fashion
by Decontie & Brown
Keeping the spirit and memories of our ancestors alive through fashion and creativity
Story
My story about tours of duty in Vietnam
by Maynard Bradley
I served in the Army Special Forces as a Green Beret, it still effects me today.
Lesson Plan
Primary Sources: Daily Life in 1820
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Content Area: Social Studies
This lesson plan will give students the opportunity to explore and analyze primary source documents from the years before, during, and immediately after Maine became the 23rd state in the Union. Through close looking at documents, objects, and art from Maine during and around 1820, students will ask questions and draw informed conclusions about life at the time of statehood.