Keywords: young girls
Item 105269
Map of Maine drawn by Sarah N. Young, 1822
Contributed by: Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education Date: 1822 Media: Ink on Paper
Item 54923
Grange Cottage girls, Fairfield, 1938
Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: 1938 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
George W. Hinckley and Needy Boys and Girls
George W. Hinckley wanted to help needy boys. The farm, school and home he ran for nearly sixty nears near Fairfield stressed home, religion, education, discipline, industry, and recreation.
Exhibit
Shaarey Tphiloh, Portland's Orthodox Synagogue
Shaarey Tphiloh was founded in 1904 by immigrants from Eastern Europe. While accommodating to American society, the Orthodox synagogue also has retained many of its traditions.
Site Page
Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 2 of 2
"… serious tone reflected in the expressions of her girls. These are faces hardened by the experience of life in pre-Civil War rural Maine."
Site Page
Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 1 of 2
"… shrouded in mystery is the daguerreotype of five girls, including one with a cleft lip. What brought them together in a photographer’s studio –…"
Story
Portland in the 1940s
by Carol Norton Hall
As a young woman in Portland during WWII, the presence of servicemen was life changing.
Story
Geraldine Litalien: painting a picture of life in Biddeford
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
Impact on everyday life from events occurring from the late 1920s through 2018
Lesson Plan
Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride Companion Curriculum
Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8
Content Area: Social Studies
These lesson plans were developed by Maine Historical Society for the Seashore Trolley Museum as a companion curriculum for the historical fiction YA novel "Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride" by Jean. M. Flahive (2019). The novel tells the story of Millie Thayer, a young girl who dreams of leaving the family farm, working in the city, and fighting for women's suffrage. Millie's life begins to change when a "flying carpet" shows up in the form of an electric trolley that cuts across her farm and when a fortune-teller predicts that Millie's path will cross that of someone famous. Suddenly, Millie finds herself caught up in events that shake the nation, Maine, and her family. The lesson plans in this companion curriculum explore a variety of topics including the history of the trolley use in early 20th century Maine, farm and rural life at the turn of the century, the story of Theodore Roosevelt and his relationship with Maine, WWI, and the flu pandemic of 1918-1920.
