Keywords: ski marathon
Item 20245
"1936 Bangor to Caribou Marathon" Skiers, 1936
Contributed by: New Sweden Historical Society Date: 1936 Location: New Sweden; Caribou; Bangor Media: Photographic print
Item 20668
Laverne Anderson, New Sweden, 1937
Contributed by: New Sweden Historical Society Date: 1937 Location: New Sweden; Fort Fairfield; Caribou; Presque Isle Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
In the early 1600s, French explorers and colonizers in the New World quickly adopted a Native American mode of transportation to get around during the harsh winter months: the snowshoe. Most Northern societies had some form of snowshoe, but the Native Americans turned it into a highly functional item. French settlers named snowshoes "raquettes" because they resembled the tennis racket then in use.
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Fashion for the People: Maine's Graphic Tees
From their humble beginnings as undergarments to today's fashion runways, t-shirts have evolved into universally worn wardrobe staples. Original graphic t-shirts, graphic t-shirt quilts, and photographs trace the 102-year history of the garment, demonstrating how, through the act of wearing graphic tees, people own a part of history relating to politics, social justice, economics, and commemorative events in Maine.
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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - New Sweden Athletic Club
"Skiing was brought by the Swedes when they settled the Swedish Colony. Children used Swedish snowshoes which are also known as “skidor” (long and…"
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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