Keywords: legs
Item 98915
Wesley Martin on peg leg, Bangor, 1916
Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: 1916 Location: Bangor; Presque Isle Media: Photograph, postcard
Item 98914
Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Location: Presque Isle; Spotsylvania; Bangor Media: Wood, leather
Exhibit
Northern Threads: The rise and fall of the gigot sleeve
A themed exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring the balloon-like gigot sleeve of the 1830s.
Exhibit
Named for the two largest things in Maine at the turn of the 20th century, Mt. Katahdin and Granger of Stetson, were known as the Largest Oxen in the World. Unable to do farm work because of their size, they visited fairs and agricultural events around the Northeast.
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Circus swing, Boston, 1853
"… down from figure 1 and come astride of the boys leg at 2 say 7 feet the boy at 2 sustaining him without breaking his leg." View additional…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 2 of 3
"The new leg-exposing skirt length was a true revolution. Historically women's legs were always covered, and out of the common gaze."
Story
An allegory about the Vietnam war
by Bill Hinderer
An allegory about my service in the Vietnam War
Story
Two-minute Tale of the Pandemic
by Nancy Creighton Collins
What everyday life was like during the beginning of the pandemic.