Keywords: American Advocate newspaper
Item 31359
Samuel K. Gilman, Hallowell, ca. 1880
Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1880 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print
Item 31350
Henry Knox Baker, Hallowell, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1900 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
In the early 1600s, French explorers and colonizers in the New World quickly adopted a Native American mode of transportation to get around during the harsh winter months: the snowshoe. Most Northern societies had some form of snowshoe, but the Native Americans turned it into a highly functional item. French settlers named snowshoes "raquettes" because they resembled the tennis racket then in use.
Exhibit
Pigeon's Mainer Project: who decides who belongs?
Street artist Pigeon's artwork tackles the multifaceted topic of immigration. He portrays Maine residents, some who are asylum seekers, refugees, and immigrants—people who are often marginalized through state and federal policies—to ask questions about the dynamics of power in society, and who gets to call themselves a “Mainer.”
Site Page
Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 1 of 2
"… a Maine newspaper founded for the purpose of advocating separation, published a full front-page article submitted by “A Farmer” regarding the…"
Site Page
Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Icons & Influencers
"… journalism began during the American Civil War, newspapers seldom used photography to illustrate or enhance stories until nearly seventy years…"
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
