Keywords: schoolgirl
Item 15485
Alice Longfellow, age 9, ca. 1860
Contributed by: NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Date: circa 1860 Location: Boston; Cambridge Media: Photographic print
Item 25175
Contributed by: Maine State Museum Date: 1983 Location: Moscow Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Samantha Smith, a Manchester schoolgirl, gained international fame in 1983 by asking Soviet leader Yuri Andropov whether he intended to start a nuclear war and then visiting the Soviet Union to be reassured that no one there wanted war.
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.
