Keywords: Keepsakes
Item 27569
Primary School Souvenir North New Portland 1905
Contributed by: New Portland Historical Society Date: 1905 Location: New Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 25472
Commemorative stamp cover, Australia, 1958
Contributed by: Paris Cape Historical Society Date: 1928 Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
Settlers' clothing had to be durable and practical to hold up against hard work and winters. From the 1700s to the mid 1800s, the women of Maine learned to sew by making samplers.
Exhibit
Lock of George Washington's Hair
Correspondence between Elizabeth Wadsworth, her father Peleg Wadsworth and Martha Washington's secretary about the gift of a lock of George Washington's hair to Eliza.
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Beniah Harding
"… but for a personal item like a ring or some keepsake that the customer had access to. On the farm I we didn’t have a great variety of meats so we…"
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Early Maine Photography - Post-Mortem & Mourning
"… century culture and were cherished as keepsakes by which to remember the deceased. Two daguerreotypes in the Vickery-Shettleworth Collection…"
