Keywords: lens
Item 102762
Toy Len Goon's mud silk tunic and pant suit, Guangdong, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1920
Location: Portland
Media: Silk, mud, cotton, tan Dioscorea Cirrhosa dye
This record contains 18 images.
Item 10494
Toy Len Goon's cotton tunic ensemble, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1920
Location: Portland
Media: Silk
This record contains 13 images.
Exhibit
Toy Len Goon: Mother of the Year
Toy Len Goon of Portland, an immigrant from China, was a widow with six children when she was selected in 1952 as America's Mother of the Year.
Exhibit
In 1857, when Daniel Cough left Amoy Island, China, as a stowaway on a sailing ship from Mt. Desert Island he was on his way into history as the first Chinese person to make his home in Maine. He was soon followed by a cigar maker and a tea merchant who settled in Portland and then by many more Chinese men who spread all over Maine working mostly as laundrymen.
Site Page
"Whether it be through the lens of his camera while walking on the village trails, artistically developing landscape portraits in the dark room at his…"
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - Fashions Far & Away
"… century group of garments brought to Maine by Toy Len Goon. It is anticipated that this currently and predominately Chinese selection will…"
Story
From Chinese Laundress to Mother of the Year
by Dr. Andrea Louie
Toy Len Goon's granddaughter recounts her immigration to the US and becoming Mother of the Year.
Lesson Plan
Grade Level: 3-5
Content Area: Health Education & Physical Education, Social Studies
This lesson plan will introduce students to myriad communities in Maine, past and present, through the universal lens of sports and group activities. Students will explore and understand the history of many of Maine’s recreational pastimes, what makes Maine the ideal location for some outdoor sports, and how communities have come together through team activities throughout Maine’s history.
Lesson Plan
Becoming Maine: The District of Maine's Coastal Economy
Grade Level: 3-5
Content Area: Social Studies
This lesson plan will introduce students to the maritime economy of Maine prior to statehood and to the Coasting Law that impacted the separation debate. Students will examine primary documents, take part in an activity that will put the Coasting Law in the context of late 18th century – early 19th century New England, and learn about how the Embargo Act of 1807 affected Maine in the decades leading to statehood.
