Keywords: Head coverings
Item 110560
Merry, the Hatter silk hat, Portland, ca. 1885
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1885
Location: Portland
Media: leather, silk
This record contains 2 images.
Item 110561
Byron Greenough & Co. silk hat, Portland, ca. 1855
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1855
Location: Portland
Media: beaver fur, leather, silk
This record contains 2 images.
Exhibit
Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs
The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.
Exhibit
Northern Threads: Outerwear, Militia & Cadet uniforms
A themed vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring 19th century outerwear, bonnets, militia and cadet uniforms.
Site Page
"A log kept by the light keeper at West Quoddy Head recorded as many as 17 outbound and 15 inbound craft passing the Head in September 1874."
Site Page
Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor
"… inserted or as the masters for lithographed can covers, or both. Perhaps labels for the company’s plants in Lubec will be found."
Story
Finding and cooking fiddleheads with my parents
by Brian J. Theriault
My father has been picking and eating fiddleheads almost all his life, Mom prepares and stores them
Story
Serving in Vietnam with Richard Hershel Green
by Peter P. Joyce Jr.
Don't get close to the new guy
