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Feathered cocktail hat, Cape Elizabeth, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Cape Elizabeth; New York Media: silk, ostrich feathers
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Red feather handscreen fan, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Feathers, fiber, ivory

Father John Bapst: Catholicism's Defender and Promoter

Father John Bapst, a Jesuit, knew little of America or Maine when he arrived in Old Town in 1853 from Switzerland. He built churches and defended Roman Catholics against Know-Nothing activists, who tarred and feathered the priest in Ellsworth in 1854.

Music in Maine - Opera, Orchestras and Stages

"… performed in regalia from the Plains, like full feather bonnets from Poolaw’s Kiowa heritage. Lilian Nordica, Farmington's Diva Click to…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1870 to 1900

"Mantle with ostrich feathers, ca. 1890Maine Historical Society A black late 1890s wool cape-coat with loose back pleating, extensive silk cord…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 3 of 4

"… would whittle the tips of the quills out of goose feathers, and they also made the ink. In the cities, the ink was easier to make, because the ink…"

Ivory-billed Woodpeckers
by Doug Hitchcox, Staff Naturalist at Maine Audubon

The Ivory-billed Woodpecker in the Portland Society of Natural History Collections

Making the wapi-kuhkukhahs / Snowy Owl basket
by Gabriel Frey and Gal Frey

A story of a mother and son artistic collaboration.