Keywords: outdoors
Item 7407
Outdoor supper field at Camp Winnebago, Fayette, 1936
Contributed by: Camp Winnebago Date: 1936 Location: Fayette Media: Photographic print
Item 28841
Portrait of Cornelia "Fly Rod" Crosby, 1894
Contributed by: Maine State Museum Date: 1894 Media: Photographic print
Item 111336
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1895 Location: Portland Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens
Exhibit
John Dunn, 19th Century Sportsman
John Warner Grigg Dunn was an accomplished amateur photographer, hunter, fisherman and lover of nature. On his trips to Ragged Lake and environs, he became an early innovator among amateur wildlife photographers. His photography left us with a unique record of the Moosehead Lake region in the late nineteenth century.
Exhibit
Hiking, Art and Science: Portland's White Mountain Club
In 1873, a group of men, mostly from Portland, formed the second known hiking club in the U.S., the White Mountain Club of Portland, to carry out their scientific interests, their love of hiking and camaraderie, and their artistic interests in painting and drawing the features of several of the White Mountains.
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Presque Isle Outdoor Pool
Presque Isle Outdoor Pool X Text by Mary and Chelsea, students at Presque Isle Middle School Edited by Presque Isle Historical Society X…
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Story
C19 on Pine Point Beach
by Beth, Scarborough
Cancer patient experience during pandemic
Story
Cleaning Fish or How Grandfather and Grandmother got by
by Randy Randall
Grandfather and Grandmother subsisted on the fish Grandfather caught, not always legally.
Lesson Plan
Grade Level: 3-5
Content Area: Health Education & Physical Education, Social Studies
This lesson plan will introduce students to myriad communities in Maine, past and present, through the universal lens of sports and group activities. Students will explore and understand the history of many of Maine’s recreational pastimes, what makes Maine the ideal location for some outdoor sports, and how communities have come together through team activities throughout Maine’s history.
