Keywords: Winter jobs
Item 101081
Horses pulling log sled, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Bethel Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Media: Photographic print
Item 18888
Riding the Old Blue chairlift at Pleasant Mountain, ca. 1972
Contributed by: Shawnee Peak Ski Area through Ski Museum of Maine Date: circa 1972 Location: Bridgton Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
By the second half of the 20th century, skiing began to enjoy unprecedented popularity. Pleasant Mountain in Bridgton (later Shawnee Peak) was Maine's foremost place to join the fun in the 1950s and 1960s.
Exhibit
Maine Through the Eyes of George W. French
George French, a native of Kezar Falls and graduate of Bates College, worked at several jobs before turning to photography as his career. He served for many years as photographer for the Maine Development Commission, taking pictures intended to promote both development and tourism.
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Historic Clothing Collection - Fabric Adaptive Reuse
"… out, or new trimmings applied, but sometimes the job was much more extensive as this informative and unusual group of surviving items from the…"
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"… the war, though, the men returned home to their jobs in the mills and back to regular production. The looming crises of economic collapse…"
Story
From Pee Wee to Pro The Maine Way
by Danny Bolduc
I am the very first person from Maine to have played hockey in the Olympics and in the NHL.
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One View
by Karen Jelenfy
My life as an artist in Maine.
