Keywords: Irony
Item 10950
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1980-12-15 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print
Item 6625
Sisters Ada S. Cummings and Lizzie Bailey, Sabbathday Lake, ca. 1915
Contributed by: United Society of Shakers Date: circa 1915 Location: New Gloucester Media: Photographic print, glass plate negative
Exhibit
In Time and Eternity: Shakers in the Industrial Age
"In Time and Eternity: Maine Shakers in the Industrial Age 1872-1918" is a series of images that depict in detail the Shakers in Maine during a little explored time period of expansion and change.
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Founding of Acadia National Park
"There is a certain irony here, because in a way they were trying to protect the island both for and from themselves."
Site Page
Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma
"Maine Historical Society The irony of this situation, however, had little impact on the closed-door politics in Washington in 1820."
Story
My life as a revolutionary knitter
by Katharine Cobey
Moving to Maine and confronting knitting stereotypes
