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Item 23640

Bowdoin College humorous certificate, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898-04-01 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 22336

Memorial Hall, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1880 Location: Brunswick Media: Stereopticon slides

Item 12592

Capt. MacMillan, Schooner Bowdoin, 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1925 Location: Wiscasset Media: Glass Negative

Online Exhibits

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Capt. MacMillan's departure, Wiscasset, 1925

Wiscasset's Arctic Connection

Scientist, author and explorer Donald B. MacMillan established Wiscasset as his homeport for many of the voyages he made to the Arctic region starting in the early 1920s.

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Writing Women

Published women authors with ties to Maine are too numerous to count. They have made their marks in all types of literature.

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Mary King Scrimgeour dress, Lewiston, ca. 1895

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.

Site Pages

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Bowdoin group at Negro Island Harbor, Nova Scotia, 1891

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… gym at the Abbott School; sometimes they used the Alumni Gym at the Normal School. In 1940, the town voted to build a gymnasium; this was built on…"