Keywords: Elder care
Item 77736
Ether Shepley to son G. F. Shepley, St. Louis, 1869
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1869 Location: Portland; Saint Louis Media: Ink on paper
Item 6914
Elder William Dumont with Jennie and colt, Sabbathday Lake, ca. 1910
Contributed by: United Society of Shakers Date: circa 1910 Location: New Gloucester Media: Slide from a glass-plate negative
Exhibit
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
Rumford's Notable Citizens in the Civil War
A number of Rumford area residents played important roles during the Civil War -- and in the community afterwards. Among these are William King Kimball, who commanded the 12th Maine for much of the war.
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Civil War
"… manage family business, care for the sick and elderly, raise children, and bear the awful news that too often came in the form of long casualty…"
Site Page
Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn
"Once Elder Margaret died in Maine, her estate was turned over to Trustees - Thompson and Richard; from probate records it appears they took very good…"
Story
Cleaning Fish or How Grandfather and Grandmother got by
by Randy Randall
Grandfather and Grandmother subsisted on the fish Grandfather caught, not always legally.
