Keywords: makers
Item 36612
Instrument Makers' banner, Portland, 1841
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1841 Location: Portland Media: Oil on linen
Item 148617
Henry and Rose Harris, ca. 1878
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1878 Location: Mercer Media: Stereograph
Item 37219
11-13 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Estate of Patrick Keating Use: Shop - Machine
Exhibit
Remembering Mellie Dunham: Snowshoe Maker and Fiddler
Alanson Mellen "Mellie" Dunham and his wife Emma "Gram" Dunham were well-known musicians throughout Maine and the nation in the early decades of the 20th century. Mellie Dunham also received fame as a snowshoe maker.
Exhibit
"One banner promoted the Cabinet Makers, Chair Makers, Organ Builders, Piano Forte Makers, Turners, and Plane Makers."
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Solid Foundations - Hallowell Granite
"… quarrying granite soon followed as a money-maker. Maternity, Hallowell Granite Works, ca."
Site Page
Lincoln, Maine - Thomas S. Libby
"Thomas S. Libby was a wheelwright and carriage maker in the town of Lincoln, Maine. He was a wheelwright and carriage maker from 1841 to 1861."
Story
Too Small to Have a Town Drunk
by Scott Maker
Vignettes from Downeast Maine
Story
Lift the Boats for Everybody
by Andrea Cianchette Maker
The story of her immigrant great grandfather and her nonprofit organization Focus Maine.
Lesson Plan
Wabanaki Studies: Stewarding Natural Resources
Grade Level: 3-5
Content Area: Science & Engineering, Social Studies
This lesson plan will introduce elementary-grade students to the concepts and importance of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and Indigenous Knowledge (IK), taught and understood through oral history to generations of Wabanaki people. Students will engage in discussions about how humans can be stewards of the local ecosystem, and how non-Native Maine citizens can listen to, learn from, and amplify the voices of Wabanaki neighbors to assist in the future of a sustainable environment. Students will learn about Wabanaki artists, teachers, and leaders from the past and present to help contextualize the concepts and ideas in this lesson, and learn about how Wabanaki youth are carrying tradition forward into the future.
