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Description
Mellie Dunham of Norway, Maine, a noted snowshoe maker and fidddler, is shown in his yard, ca. 1925.
Dunham was invited by Henry Ford to perform in Dearborn, Michigan, after he won a fiddling contest in Lewiston in 1925. He also performed, for a short time, on a vaudeville circuit in the northeast.
In the photo, he is receiving a letter from the mail carrier, Johnny Judkins.
About This Item
- Title: Mellie Dunham at his home, Norway, ca. 1925
- Creation Date: 1925
- Subject Date: 1925
- Location: Norway, Oxford County, ME
- Media: Glass Negative
- Dimensions: 8.3 cm x 10.8 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 1949, 2005.061.11757
- Collection: Portland Press Herald glass negative collection
- Object Type: Image
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- Dunham's snowshoes (Norway, Me.)
- Dunham, Alanson, Mellen, 1853-1931--Homes and haunts--Maine--Norway
- Musicians--Maine--Norway
- Snowshoes & snowshoeing--Maine--Norway
- Violinists
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