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Item 1406

Living room, Castle-Tucker House, Wiscasset, 1939

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1939-07-19 Location: Wiscasset Media: Photographic print

Item 1407

Billiard room, Castle-Tucker House, Wiscasset, 1939

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1939-07-19 Location: Wiscasset Media: Photographic print

Item 7504

Hobart Secretary, Skowhegan, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Norridgewock Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Skowhegan Media: Wood

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 111543

Cottage for Major W. M. Dunn on Cushing Island, Portland, ca. 1891

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1896 Location: Portland Client: William McKee Dunn Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Item 111542

Nixon residence plans and elevations, Brunswick, 2016-2017

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2016–2017 Location: Brunswick Clients: Brooke Nixon; Andy Nixon Architect: Carol A. Wilson; Carol A. Wilson, Architect

Item 111358

Randall/Jarashow residence building section, Otisfield, 1997-2003

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1997–2003 Location: Otisfield Clients: David Randall; Judy Jarashow Architect: Carol A. Wilson; Carol A. Wilson, Architect

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

The Mainspring of Fashion

The mainspring of fashion is the process whereby members of one class imitate the styles of another, who in turn are driven to ever new expedients of fashionable change.

Exhibit

Northern Threads: Adaptive reuse

A themed vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring up-cycled and reused historic fabrics.

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Northern Threads: Bustle era fashions

A themed vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring 1870s and 80s era bustle silhouettes.

Site Pages

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Camp Runoia

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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Camp Winnebago

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Norcross Heritage Trust

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My Maine Stories

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Story

A Florida Flatlander Finds Adventure in Maine (An Excerpt)
by Steve Hood

Humorous reminisces of former adventures in Maine from a Florida retiree

Story

Amato's Italian Sandwiches
by Charles V. Stanhope

Amato's Italian Sandwiches

Story

How to prepare "Paquet de poisson a la vapeur"
by Titi de Baccarat

Making Gabonese cuisine in Portland Maine

Lesson Plans

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Lesson Plan

Bicentennial Lesson Plan

How Do Communities Represent Themselves

Grade Level: K-2 Content Area: Social Studies
Students learn about historical and current flags of Maine and work in small groups to create flags to represent their classroom/school communities.

Lesson Plan

Bicentennial Lesson Plan

Primary Sources: Daily Life in 1820

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12 Content Area: Social Studies
This lesson plan will give students the opportunity to explore and analyze primary source documents from the years before, during, and immediately after Maine became the 23rd state in the Union. Through close looking at documents, objects, and art from Maine during and around 1820, students will ask questions and draw informed conclusions about life at the time of statehood.

Lesson Plan

Bicentennial 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.