Keywords: Wood's Observatory
Item 40307
Portland Observatory, ca. 1936
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1936 Location: Portland Media: Paper, paint, wood, glass
Item 17324
Model of the Portland Observatory, ca. 1905
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Portland Media: Painted wood
Exhibit
These stories -- that stretch from 1999 back to 1759 -- take you from an amusement park to the halls of Congress. There are inventors, artists, showmen, a railway agent, a man whose civic endeavors helped shape Portland, a man devoted to the pursuit of peace and one known for his military exploits, Maine's first novelist, a woman who recorded everyday life in detail, and an Indian who survived a British attack.
Exhibit
Settlers' clothing had to be durable and practical to hold up against hard work and winters. From the 1700s to the mid 1800s, the women of Maine learned to sew by making samplers.
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Colby College Special Collections
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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