LC Subject Heading: Fur
Item 110563
Byron Greenough & Co. box lid advertisment, Portland, ca. 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Location: Portland Media: cardboard, ink on paper
Item 104493
Daguerreotype of Horatio Woodman in fur, ca. 1850
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Portland; Buxton Media: Daguerreotype
Lesson Plan
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12, Postsecondary
Content Area: Science & Engineering, Social Studies
This lesson presents an overview of the history of the fur trade in Maine with a focus on the 17th and 18th centuries, on how fashion influenced that trade, and how that trade impacted Indigenous peoples and the environment.
