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Item 8998
Miss Mabel Williams, Moscow, 1928
Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: 1928 Location: Moscow Media: Photographic print
Item 111597
Leather patch jodhpurs, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Media: cotton, leather, plastic
Exhibit
Blueberries to Potatoes: Farming in Maine
Not part of the American "farm belt," Maine nonetheless has been known over the years for a few agricultural items, especially blueberries, sweet corn, potatoes, apples, chickens and dairy products.
Exhibit
This Rebellion: Maine and the Civil War
For Mainers like many other people in both the North and the South, the Civil War, which lasted from 1861-1865, had a profound effect on their lives. Letters, artifacts, relics, and other items saved by participants at home and on the battlefield help illuminate the nature of the Civil War experience for Mainers.
Site Page
Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay
"… 21, and leaving in 1953 with 60 shows under her belt, having met and married her husband, producer Charles O. Carrey."
Site Page
Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company
"… folks gathered together in everyday clothes, belting out a moving rendition of a chorus from Aida, accompanied by two or more pianos, while an…"
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
