Keywords: Birthday party
Item 36872
Marjorie Pike's birthday party, Lubec, ca. 1898, ca. 1898
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1898 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print
Item 55117
Birthday celebration aboard 'Bowdoin,' 1947
Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1947 Media: Photo negative
Exhibit
St-Jean-Baptiste Day -- June 24th -- in Lewiston-Auburn was a very public display of ethnic pride for nearly a century. Since about 1830, French Canadians had used St. John the Baptist's birthdate as a demonstration of French-Canadian nationalism.
Exhibit
The Schooner Bowdoin: Ninety Years of Seagoing History
After traveling to the Arctic with Robert E. Peary, Donald B. MacMillan (1874-1970), an explorer, researcher, and lecturer, helped design his own vessel for Arctic exploration, the schooner <em>Bowdoin,</em> which he named after his alma mater. The schooner remains on the seas.
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace
"I always had my birthday parties but my parents never celebrated theirs. What did your daily life consist of? We were just kids, we would go out side…"
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Story
Alice Bertrand shares highlights from her 100+ years
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
What is it like to live through all the events that have occurred in the past 100+ years?
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Norman Sevigny: history of a neighborhood grocery store
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
Growing up in a Franco-American community and working in the family business, Sevigny’s Market
