Keywords: Physical fitness
Item 152222
Two girls balancing on rings at Portland High School, Portland, ca. 1925
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1925 Location: Portland Media: Glass negative
Item 152223
Portland High School student performing gymnastics, Portland, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1925 Location: Portland Media: Glass negative
Exhibit
Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical
Organized by themed vignettes, Northern Threads shares stories about Maine people, while exploring how the clothing they wore reveals social, economic, and environmental histories. This re-examination of Maine Historical Society's permanent collection is an opportunity to consider the relevance of historic clothing in museums, the ebb and flow of fashion styles, and the complexities of diverse representation spanning 200 years of collecting.
Exhibit
The mainspring of fashion is the process whereby members of one class imitate the styles of another, who in turn are driven to ever new expedients of fashionable change.
Site Page
"The French word for fitted military metal armor, cuirasse aptly describes the long, tightly fitted body and hip hugging jacket, called a basque…"
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Maine Industrial School for Girls
"… under the genial influence of kind treatment, and physical and moral training, they may be won back to ways of virtue and respectability, and…"
Story
2020 Sheltering in Place Random Notes During COVID-19
by Phyllis Merriam, LCSW
Sheltering-in-Place personal experiences in mid-coast Maine (Rockland) during March and April 2020
Story
An Asian American Account
by Zabrina
An account from a Chinese American teen during the COVID-19 pandemic.
