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Historical Items

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Item 18000

Tuttle Farm, Freeport, 1947

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1947 Location: Freeport Media: Photographic print

Item 66478

The Desert of Maine, Freeport, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Freeport Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 100645

Desert of Maine, Freeport, ca. 1936

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1936 Location: Freeport Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical

Organized by themed vignettes, Northern Threads shares stories about Maine people, while exploring how the clothing they wore reveals social, economic, and environmental histories. This re-examination of Maine Historical Society's permanent collection is an opportunity to consider the relevance of historic clothing in museums, the ebb and flow of fashion styles, and the complexities of diverse representation spanning 200 years of collecting.

Exhibit

CODE RED: Climate, Justice & Natural History Collections

Explore topics around climate change by reuniting collections from one of the nation's earliest natural history museums, the Portland Society of Natural History. The exhibition focuses on how museums collect, and the role of humans in creating changes in society, climate, and biodiversity.

Exhibit

Holding up the Sky: Wabanaki people, culture, history, and art

Learn about Native diplomacy and obligation by exploring 13,000 years of Wabanaki residence in Maine through 17th century treaties, historic items, and contemporary artworks—from ash baskets to high fashion. Wabanaki voices contextualize present-day relevance and repercussions of 400 years of shared histories between Wabanakis and settlers to their region.

Site Pages

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Historic Clothing Collection - Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society - Page 2 of 3

"With these dual and sometimes degrading meanings, the modern museum community no longer considers the term costume appropriate when describing…"