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Description
Mellie Dunham of Norway, Maine, is shown in his shop making his famous snowshoes. Explorer Robert Peary used Dunham snowshoes on his arctic explorations. Mellie Dunham was also a famous fiddler, performing for Henry Ford and on the Keith vaudeville circuit in 1925 and 1926.
About This Item
- Title: Mellie Dunham making snowshoes, 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, 2005.061.11763
- 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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