Keywords: Leather
Item 14270
Hose 8 Fireman's Leather Hat, 1880
Contributed by: Hose 5 Fire Museum Date: 1880 Location: Bangor Media: Leather
Item 74513
Electrical worker leather gloves, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Media: Suede
Item 63334
205-207 Middle Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Joseph S. Bernstein Use: Print Shop & Store
Exhibit
Princeton: Woods and Water Built This Town
Princeton benefited from its location on a river -- the St. Croix -- that was useful for transportation of people and lumber and for powering mills as well as on its proximity to forests.
Exhibit
By the second half of the 20th century, skiing began to enjoy unprecedented popularity. Pleasant Mountain in Bridgton (later Shawnee Peak) was Maine's foremost place to join the fun in the 1950s and 1960s.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Cascade Hand Tub
"… strokes per minute, they pumped water through a leather hose. The Cascade Hand Tub was nothing like the fire engines used today."
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Uniforms and Expenses
"Officers would wear a thick black or brown, leather belt (depending on the color of the cow hide that was used.) Their shoes were often leather with…"
Story
A Story in a Stick
by Jim Moulton
A story about dowsing for a well in Bowdoin
Story
Harold's Garage, Rome Hollow, Maine
by Mimi C
Story about Harold Hawes, owner of Harold's garage and self-styled auctioneer in Rome Hollow, Maine
