Keywords: Miss Penobscot (Contest) (Bangor, Me.)
Item 14071
Louise Surette, Miss Penobscot 1936
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1936-08-22 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print
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Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In
Adorning oneself to look one's "best" has varied over time, gender, economic class, and by event. Adornments suggest one's sense of identity and one's intent to stand out or fit in.
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Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine
BEGIN AGAIN explores Maine's historic role, going back 528 years, in crisis that brought about the pandemic, social and economic inequities, and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.
