Keywords: 1885
Item 12218
Lincoln Street, Brunswick, 1885
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1885 Location: Brunswick Media: Photograph, Print
Item 23590
Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: 1885 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 109817
Oak Grove Seminary, Vassalboro, 1885
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1885 Location: Vassalboro Client: unkown Architect: George M. Coombs
Item 109531
Madison Woolen Mill Co. buildings, Madison, 1885
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1885 Location: Madison Client: Madison Woolen Co. Architect: George M. Coombs
Exhibit
John Dunn, 19th Century Sportsman
John Warner Grigg Dunn was an accomplished amateur photographer, hunter, fisherman and lover of nature. On his trips to Ragged Lake and environs, he became an early innovator among amateur wildlife photographers. His photography left us with a unique record of the Moosehead Lake region in the late nineteenth century.
Exhibit
Student Exhibit: A Civil War Soldier from Skowhegan
Alexander Crawford a soldier from Skowhegan, was born in 1839 on a farm on the Dudley Corner Road in Skowhegan. He served in the Civil War and returned to Skowhegan to run the family farm.
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 1: 1885-1899, Katahdin Iron Works, Silver Lake Hotel
"Scrapbook 1: 1885-1899, Katahdin Iron Works, Silver Lake Hotel "A Little Daisy," Katahdin Iron Works, 1890Maine Historical Society and Maine…"
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 0-21
"in 1885. Some of the materials repeat what he wrote in his journal and other scrapbooks. Some of the people and events mentioned: Neil Kullborg…"
Lesson Plan
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12, Postsecondary
Content Area: Science & Engineering, Social Studies
This lesson presents an overview of the history of the fur trade in Maine with a focus on the 17th and 18th centuries, on how fashion influenced that trade, and how that trade impacted Indigenous peoples and the environment.