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Historical Items

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Item 150031

Cornelia "Fly Rod" Crosby at Camp Maine Central, New York, 1895

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1895-05-08 Media: Photographic print

Item 102233

Marion Phinney's linen ensemble, Portland, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: Portland Media: linen
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Item 20303

Banker's Outing Association, Portland, 1895

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1895-05-15 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

The Trolley Parks of Maine

At the heyday of trolleys in Maine, many of the trolley companies developed recreational facilities along or at the end of trolley lines as one further way to encourage ridership. The parks often had walking paths, dance pavilions, and various other entertainments. Cutting-edge technology came together with a thirst for adventure and forever changed social dynamics in the process.

Exhibit

May Baskets, a Dog, and a Party for Children

Two women thinking intruders were coming into their Biddeford Pool home, let the dog out to chase them away. Later, they discovered the truth about the noise at their door.

Exhibit

Fashionable Maine: early twentieth century clothing

Maine residents kept pace with the dramatic shift in women’s dress that occurred during the short number of years preceding and immediately following World War I. The long restrictive skirts, stiff collars, body molding corsets and formal behavior of earlier decades quickly faded away and the new straight, dropped waist easy-to-wear clothing gave mobility and freedom of movement in tune with the young independent women of the casual, post-war jazz age generation.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Icons & Influencers

"… “everyday person”, the paper featured celebrity outings, public events, celebrations, and one of Gannett’s favorite activities—aviation."

Site Page

Historic Clothing Collection - Square shouldered cape and suit ensemble, ca. 1943 - Page 1 of 3

"… a stylish hat, was a popular choice for social outings and events. An avid world traveler, perhaps Lucile Atkinson Baker (1892-1976) wore the suit…"

Site Page

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment

"… by the encampment to hire Indian guides for canoe outings or sport-hunting, to place special orders for items such as personalized hand-carved…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Working at International Paper and being part of the community
by Gary Desjardens

Working for International Paper and volunteering for the Special Olympics of America

Story

Portland in the 1940s
by Carol Norton Hall

As a young woman in Portland during WWII, the presence of servicemen was life changing.

Story

Cantor Beth & Dr David Strassler: personal insights on life
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

The journey of a couple devoted to each other, their family, their community and their religion

Lesson Plans

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Lesson Plan

Bicentennial Lesson Plan

Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride Companion Curriculum

Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8 Content Area: Social Studies
These lesson plans were developed by Maine Historical Society for the Seashore Trolley Museum as a companion curriculum for the historical fiction YA novel "Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride" by Jean. M. Flahive (2019). The novel tells the story of Millie Thayer, a young girl who dreams of leaving the family farm, working in the city, and fighting for women's suffrage. Millie's life begins to change when a "flying carpet" shows up in the form of an electric trolley that cuts across her farm and when a fortune-teller predicts that Millie's path will cross that of someone famous. Suddenly, Millie finds herself caught up in events that shake the nation, Maine, and her family. The lesson plans in this companion curriculum explore a variety of topics including the history of the trolley use in early 20th century Maine, farm and rural life at the turn of the century, the story of Theodore Roosevelt and his relationship with Maine, WWI, and the flu pandemic of 1918-1920.