Keywords: Gentlemen
Item 31138
Portrait by photographer Benjamin Cole of Biddeford, ca. 1870
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1870 Location: Biddeford Media: Tintype
Item 110566
Early Republic gentlemen "mannikin dolls" illustration, Portland, 1919
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1812 Location: Portland Media: watercolor, ink on paper
Exhibit
A Celebration of Skilled Artisans
The Maine Charitable Mechanic Association, an organization formed to promote and support skilled craftsmen, celebrated civic pride and members' trades with a parade through Portland on Oct. 8, 1841 at which they displayed 17 painted linen banners with graphic and textual representations of the artisans' skills.
Exhibit
Maine's ample woods historically provided numerous game animals and birds for hunters seeking food, fur, or hides. The promotion of hunting as tourism and concerns about conservation toward the end of the nineteenth century changed the nature of hunting in Maine.
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Ladies' Third Annual Banquet, Farmington, 1893
"The cover refers to "Gentlemen's Night"--the previous two annual events had been for ladies only. This was organized by an ad hoc group of women…"
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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Further Reading
"The Kennebeck Proprietors, 1749-1775 "Gentlemen of Large Property & Judicious Men". Somersworth: New Hampshire Pub. Co, 1975. Saxine, Ian."
