Keywords: Half boots
Item 111226
Black side-lace half boots, Portland, ca. 1840
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1840 Media: silk, leather, cotton
Item 102772
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: New York Media: Leather, Mother of Pearl
Exhibit
By the second half of the 20th century, skiing began to enjoy unprecedented popularity. Pleasant Mountain in Bridgton (later Shawnee Peak) was Maine's foremost place to join the fun in the 1950s and 1960s.
Exhibit
Putting Men to Work, Saving Trees
While many Mainers were averse to accepting federal relief money during the Great Depression of the 1930s, young men eagerly joined the Civilian Conservation Corps, one of President Franklin Roosevelt's most popular programs. The Maine Forest Service supervised the work of many of the camps.
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo E. Raynes, Bangor, 1849
"The form of the cap is exact, the outlines of the coat and boots very near. his rifile was encased to the lock his valise I carried to the exchange…"
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rusticators on the Rise
"… Library Bring half-worn winter garments, with boots ditto, to be prepared for tramping and excursions."
Story
Catching live bait with Grandfather
by Randy Randall
We never bought live bait for fishing. Grandfather caught all the minnows and shiners we needed.
Story
Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey
MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR
