Keywords: Marquis LaFayette
Item 102223
Lafayette Elm, Kennebunk, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Brick Store Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Kennebunk Media: Glass Negative
Item 31602
General Lafayette's toast given at Kennebunk, 1825
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1825 Location: Kennebunk Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
Northern Threads: Adaptive reuse
A themed vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring up-cycled and reused historic fabrics.
Exhibit
For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.
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Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 1 of 3
"By 1825, the dress was altered and re-constructed, perhaps as a costume (known at the time as "fancy dress") in homage to the Marquis, or as an early…"