Keywords: Boot making
Item 103709
Two harnessmakers with their tools, ca. 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Media: Tintype
Item 103365
Interior of Z.C. Bolduc shoe findings shop, Lewiston, ca. 1926
Courtesy of Kathy Bolduc Amoroso, an individual partner Date: circa 1926 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print
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Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In
Adorning oneself to look one's "best" has varied over time, gender, economic class, and by event. Adornments suggest one's sense of identity and one's intent to stand out or fit in.
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By the second half of the 20th century, skiing began to enjoy unprecedented popularity. Pleasant Mountain in Bridgton (later Shawnee Peak) was Maine's foremost place to join the fun in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4
"Civil War boots, ca. 1864 These boots, manufactured by Bangor boot maker, John McGinty might have been just what Fred was hoping for.Bangor…"
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Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row
"For example, Davis Hatch's boot and shoe trade had a sign of a big boot hanging out into the street. Charles A."
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USCG Boot Camp Experience, Vietnam War era
by Peter S. Morgan, Jr.
"Letters to the Wall" Memorial Day
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Florence Ahlquist Link's WWII service in the WAVES
by Earlene Ahlquist Chadbourne
Florence Ahlquist, age 20, was trained to repair the new aeronautical cameras by the US Navy in WWII
