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Historical Items

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Item 17170

Letter to Parker Cleaveland from Boston book dealers, 1810

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1810 Location: Brunswick Media: Ink on paper

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Item 17169

Benjamin Vaughan note to Parker Cleaveland, 1825

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1825 Location: Hallowell; Brunswick Media: Ink on paper

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Item 17168

William C. Allen letter to Parker Cleaveland, 1839

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1839 Location: Brunswick; Alfred Media: Ink on paper

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Online Exhibits

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Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In

Adorning oneself to look one's "best" has varied over time, gender, economic class, and by event. Adornments suggest one's sense of identity and one's intent to stand out or fit in.

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Graduation Season

Graduations -- and schools -- in the 19th through the first decade of the 20th century often were small affairs and sometimes featured student presentations that demonstrated what they had learned. They were not necessarily held in May or June, what later became the standard "end of the school year."

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Silk Manufacturing in Westbrook

Cultivation of silkworms and manufacture of silk thread was touted as a new agricultural boon for Maine in the early 19th century. However, only small-scale silk production followed. In 1874, the Haskell Silk Co. of Westbrook changed that, importing raw silk, and producing silk machine twist threat, then fabrics, until its demise in 1930.

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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"… 1855Maine Historical Society Professor Parker Cleaveland Parker Cleaveland (1780-1858) achieved an international reputation in the scientific…"