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Still Image		Charley Miller Fastening Jack Dempsey's Snowshoe Fogler Special Collections, Still Image Photograph of Charley Miller fastening Jack Dempsey's snowshoe. Charley Miller was a Maine Guide who ran a sporting camp, Jack Dempsey was a famous boxer. (Relevance: 726) Find Similar Resources	Outdoor recreation Recreation/Tourism Snowshoes and snowshoeing Tourism

Moving Image		Animated Flyby of Acadia National Park, Maine, from Landsat Imagery Science, Moving Image This animation is of Acadia National Park in Maine. This animation was done as part of a series of animations to show Landsat's view of our National Parks. (Relevance: 702) Find Similar Resources	Landsat Imagery of area around Acadia National Park, Maine Oceanography

Moving Image		David Moses Bridges: Passamaquoddy Birchbark Artist UMaine Wabanaki Studies, Moving Image, 00:07:54 Passamaquoddy Birchbark David Moses Bridges is an award-winning artist, who has received national attention for his work, which ranges from full-size birchbark canoes to traditional containers. The footage shows him in his workshop making containers and showing how the raw materials are prepared, stitched together and etched. A later film shot focuses on harvesting spruce root, which is used to sew the bark. (Relevance: 674) Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Wabanaki Tribe Passamaquoddy Tribe Birch bark Basket making Baskets – Maine Spruce baskets Indian baskets -- North America

Moving Image		Dead River Rough Cut Northeast Historic Film, Moving Image, 00:27:51 Shot in the backwoods of Maine over the course of a year, this film documents the lives and philosophies of two woodsmen - trappers and evokes the harmony between their lifestyles and the natural beauty of their surroundings. (Relevance: 624) Find Similar Resources	Alcohol Beavers Birds Hunting, Trapping and the Fur Trade Lumbering Snowmobiling, Snowshoes and snowshoeing

Moving Image		Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Beijing Northeast Historic Film, Moving Image, 00:08:14 Clip excerpted from original films donated to Northeast Historic Film by Charles Gilbert family. This clip shows Hong Kong harbor, Shanghai, and Beijing streets with transportation including human power, camels, bicycles, rickshaws, trolleys, wagons. The film was shot by Charles Gilbert, a Maine businessman traveling with his wife on a world cruise, which he edited together with purchased film of China, probably bought on shipboard. Charles Gilbert graduated from the University of Maine, Orono, in 1894. He worked as an engineer for Great Northern Paper Company until his retirement in 1924. Mr. Gilbert lived in Bangor, Maine, owned a home in Castine, and took several trips around the world. (Relevance: 584) Find Similar Resources	Americans - China - Shanghai - History - 20th century Americans - China - Hong Kong - History - 20th century Americans - China - Beijing - History - 20th century Shanghai (China) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century Hong Kong (China) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century Beijing (China) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century

Still Image		Summit of Cadillac Mt., Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Maine Fogler Special Collections, Still Image Postcard, "Summit of Cadillac Mt., Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Maine." View of parking lot at summit of Cadillac Mountain. (Relevance: 541) Find Similar Resources	Automobiles Recreation/Tourism Tourism Transportation

Moving Image		Earliest Maine Films Northeast Historic Film, Moving Image A collection of five short, silent pieces filmed between 1901-1920 including: DRAWING A LOBSTER POT (1901), the earliest surviving moving image known to have been shot in Maine; TROUT FISHING, RANGELEY LAKES (1905); CANOEING IN MAINE (1906); LOGGING IN MAINE (1906); and THE HOW AND WHY OF SPUDS (1920). With musical accompaniment by Steve Vonderheide. (Relevance: 541) Find Similar Resources	Farming/Agriculture Fishing/Fisherman Lumbering Boats and boating, Logging industry, Fishing industry, Recreation, Agriculture

Still Image		Ice Harvesting on the Kennebec, Maine Fogler Special Collections, Still Image Postcard, "Ice Harvesting on the Kennebec, Maine." View of the ice blocks being taken into a very large building, probably an icehouse, for storage until summer. They are being drawn up by a conveyor of some kind. (Relevance: 540) Find Similar Resources	Ice industry Industry

Moving Image		The Frontier Wars MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 00:27:01 Land disputes, tensions about resource allocation and European wars combined to trigger intense strife and armed conflict between Maine's English, French and Native populations. The Frontier Wars were a series of six wars spanning nearly a century that devastated populations in Maine, and had a permanent and chilling effect on the relations between English settlers and Native Americans. (Relevance: 539) Find Similar Resources	Natural resources Land Disputes Native Americans History - Colonial Period

Moving Image		Maine Lobster, The Northeast Historic Film, Moving Image, 00:29:18 Discusses the lobster habitat and the evolution of the lobster industry and conservation issues. Includes footage of lobstermen at work hauling traps. Activities at the Maine Seafood Festival, the crowning of the Sea Goddess and the festival parade through Rockland are also shown. (Relevance: 520) Find Similar Resources	Community Fairs Fishing/Fisherman Lobster industry

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