Keywords: New Shoeing Shop!
Item 20142
Horse shoeing shop advertisement, Wiscasset, 1874
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1874 Location: Wiscasset Media: Ink on paper
Item 31862
New Water Street sidewalk, Lubec, ca. 1972
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1972 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Immigration is one of the most debated topics in Maine. Controversy aside, immigration is also America's oldest tradition, and along with religious tolerance, what our nation was built upon. Since the first people--the Wabanaki--permitted Europeans to settle in the land now known as Maine, we have been a state of immigrants.
Exhibit
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.
Site Page
New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village
"At one time the shoe shop had a tannery connected to it operated by H.C. Clark + Company. This business was a leading industry for many years and…"
Site Page
New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future
"… the first built in 1803, salt factories, shoe factories, carding mills, blacksmith shops, and ice houses."
Story
Aurore Morin & Huguette Paquette: immigrating to Biddeford
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
The experience of a young mother and her teenage sister making the transition from Quebec to Maine.
Story
Dr. Norman Beaupré: Preserving his Franco-American culture
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
Journey growing up as a Franco-American in Biddeford to his career as a professor and author.
