Keywords: ornate
Item 105690
Lamé dress with beaded details, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1930
Location: Portland
Media: silk, glass beads
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Item 17272
Lillian Nordica stage jewelry, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Nordica Memorial Association Date: circa 1900 Location: Farmington Media: Wood, glass, metal
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.
Exhibit
A Riot of Words: Ballads, Posters, Proclamations and Broadsides
Imagine a day 150 years ago. Looking down a side street, you see the buildings are covered with posters and signs.
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3
"Visitors can see the ornate tea set that Crosby took on fishing trips, numerous photographs and even the shingle that hung outside “Saint Anthony’s…"
Site Page
Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School
"It consisted of a cinder track, fieldhouse, and ornate fencing. On that fence are reliefs depicting baseball and football players."
Story
Maine and the Atlantic World Slave Economy
by Seth Goldstein
How Maine's historic industries are tied to slavery
