Keywords: Handkerchief boxes
Item 80736
Handkerchief box, Passamaquoddy, ca. 1880
Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: circa 1880 Media: Birch bark, ash, pine, twine
Item 53886
Mildred Burrage in the studio, 1927
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1927 Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Gifts From Gluskabe: Maine Indian Artforms
According to legend, the Great Spirit created Gluskabe, who shaped the world of the Native People of Maine, and taught them how to use and respect the land and the resources around them. This exhibit celebrates the gifts of Gluskabe with Maine Indian art works from the early nineteenth to mid twentieth centuries.
Exhibit
Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine
As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
