Keywords: fox
Item 17039
Theodore Fox, Houlton, ca. 1880
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1880 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print
Item 17034
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1880 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print
Item 99047
Owner in 1924: James B. Flynn Use: Dwelling
Item 99054
Owner in 1924: Mary E. Massey et als Use: Dwelling
Item 151434
Fox/Blanck residence, Freeport, 2016-2017
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2016–2017 Location: Freeport Clients: Jane Weatherbee Fox; Arthur Blanck Architect: Carol A. Wilson; Carol A. Wilson Architect
Item 150747
Lewiston Music Hall, Lewiston, 1877
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1877 Location: Lewiston Client: unknown Architect: John A. Fox
Exhibit
Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs
The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.
Exhibit
The Schooner Bowdoin: Ninety Years of Seagoing History
After traveling to the Arctic with Robert E. Peary, Donald B. MacMillan (1874-1970), an explorer, researcher, and lecturer, helped design his own vessel for Arctic exploration, the schooner <em>Bowdoin,</em> which he named after his alma mater. The schooner remains on the seas.
Site Page
Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms
"Fox farms generally consisted of 200 foxes. Foxes were fed fish and horse meat. When it was time for the foxes to be skinned, they were skinned in…"
Site Page
Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3
"At the time of this photograph, the Foxes leased ground floor space to attorney Charles Harding and Dr. Luther Finch, Jr."
Story
Harold's Garage, Rome Hollow, Maine
by Mimi C
Story about Harold Hawes, owner of Harold's garage and self-styled auctioneer in Rome Hollow, Maine
Story
The only letter to survive World War II
by Cyrene Slegona
Only one of many letters my father sent to his wife remained after he came home from World War II.
Lesson Plan
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12, Postsecondary
Content Area: Science & Engineering, Social Studies
This lesson presents an overview of the history of the fur trade in Maine with a focus on the 17th and 18th centuries, on how fashion influenced that trade, and how that trade impacted Indigenous peoples and the environment.
