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Item 7691

After operation for knock knee, March 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1927 Media: Photoprint

Item 7682

Operation for knock knee, Jan. 14, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1927-01-14 Media: Photoprint

Item 116455

Acadian ship's knee joint, Van Buren, 1991

Contributed by: Acadian Archives Date: 1991-06-27 Location: Van Buren Media: photographic print

Online Exhibits

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The Barns of the St. John River Valley: Maine's Crowning Jewels

Maine's St. John River Valley boasts a unique architectural landscape. A number of historical factors led to the proliferation of a local architectural style, the Madawaska twin barn, as well as a number of building techniques rarely seen elsewhere. Today, these are in danger of being lost to time.

Exhibit

Northern Threads: Early Republic era Fashion dolls

A themed exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring Early Repulic-era (ca.1780-1820) fashion dolls.

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Laboring in Maine

Workers in Maine have labored in factories, on farms, in the woods, on the water, among other locales. Many of Maine's occupations have been determined by the state's climate and geographical features.

Site Pages

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Margery Burr's embroidered dress, Kennebunkport, ca. 1920

Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 3 of 3

"… with decorative trimmings and a knife pleated knee length skirt front; Anne F. Wilson's red long sleeved early rayon dress featuring pieced art…"

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Shipbuilding Hewing Axe, Shipyard. Hallowell, ca. 1850's

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilding

"Knees were huge braces shaped in a sort of L shape and placed so that the top was connected to the bottom of the above head deck while the other end…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin store, Center Street, Bangor, 1862

"… buildings on a roll of paper laid across his knees I found on examining his samples that they were remarkably correct and his only instrument was a…"