Keywords: Drift
Item 53023
Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: 1920 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print
Item 23625
Removing the whalebone, Ragged Island, 1927
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1927-02-23 Location: Harpswell Media: Glass Negative
Exhibit
The astronomical arrival of winter -- also known as the winter solstice -- marks the year's shortest day and the season of snow and cold. It usually arrives on December 21.
Exhibit
Many different types of trolley cars -- for different weather, different uses, and different locations -- were in use in Maine between 1895-1940. The "field guide" explains what each type looked like and how it was used.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Sweat on the Kennebec ~ Hallowell Steam and Boom Company
"… platforms at either end of the raft as they drifted with the tide, smoking their pipes or sculling violently with single fourteen foot wide bladed…"
Site Page
Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - New Sweden Athletic Club
"… used for is that it helped going through the big drifts because there were no set trails. Eventually skis got better."
Story
Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey
MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR
Lesson Plan
Longfellow's Ripple Effect: Journaling With the Poet - "The Fire of Drift-Wood"
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12, Postsecondary
Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
This lesson is part of a series of six lesson plans that will give students the opportunity to become familiar with the works of Longfellow while reflecting upon how his works speak to their own experiences.
