Keywords: C. E. Fogg
Item 9764
Shoe Factory, Springvale, ca. 1875
Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1875 Location: Sanford Media: Photographic print
Item 55212
View east from the Prescott Building, Fairfield, ca. 1928
Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: circa 1928 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
The Sanitary Commission: Meeting Needs of Soldiers, Families
The Sanitary Commission, formed soon after the Civil War began in the spring of 1861, dealt with the health, relief needs, and morale of soldiers and their families. The Maine Agency helped families and soldiers with everything from furloughs to getting new socks.
Exhibit
Success at riding a bike mirrored success in life. Bicycling could bring families together. Bicycling was good for one's health. Bicycling was fun. Bicycles could go fast. Such were some of the arguments made to induce many thousands of people around Maine and the nation to take up the new pastime at the end of the nineteenth century.
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Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden
"Fogg Fogg slept on a cot next to Braden’s stable. It is said that Braden rose with the farmers and expected his breakfast right away."
