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Item 14555

Baptismal Font, ca. 1640

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1640 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Brass

Item 10529

Frederic W Higgins Coffin Plate, 1849

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1849 Media: Tin, pine cones

Item 23478

Spirit face rootclub, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Hudson Museum, Univ. of Maine Date: circa 1900 Media: Wood

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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.

Exhibit

Shaarey Tphiloh synagogue, Portland, ca. 1911

Shaarey Tphiloh, Portland's Orthodox Synagogue

Shaarey Tphiloh was founded in 1904 by immigrants from Eastern Europe. While accommodating to American society, the Orthodox synagogue also has retained many of its traditions.

Exhibit

Carved eagle for Anshe Sfard synagogue Torah ark, Portland, ca. 1917

Anshe Sfard, Portland's Early Chassidic Congregation

Chassidic Jews who came to Portland from Eastern Europe formed a congregation in the late 19th century and, in 1917, built a synagogue -- Anshe Sfard -- on Cumberland Avenue in Portland. By the early 1960s, the congregation was largely gone. The building was demolished in 1983.

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Benjamin Shepard Judkins' felted wool cape, Palmyra, ca. 1835

Historic Clothing Collection - The Maine Historical Society Historic Dress Collection - Page 2 of 2

"… and what they tell us, among the most valued objects in a collection. At MHS that is certainly the case with, for example, a tattered wool country…"