Exhibit Section

  • Ushapia

    [expand title="EXHIBIT NAVIGATION"] Iconic America Ushapia Creating the Iconic Map Art Maps Wearing Ushapia Campaign Memorabilia Political Cartoons Books and Magazine Covers Decorative Ushapia Household Ushapia Games and Puzzles Maine M...

  • Book and Magazine Covers

    [expand title="EXHIBIT NAVIGATION"] Iconic America Ushapia Creating the Iconic Map Art Maps Wearing Ushapia Campaign Memorabilia Political Cartoons Books and Magazine Covers Decorative Ushapia Household Ushapia Games and Puzzles Maine M...

  • Acknowledgments

    [expand title="EXHIBIT NAVIGATION"] Iconic America Ushapia Creating the Iconic Map Art Maps Wearing Ushapia Campaign Memorabilia Political Cartoons Books and Magazine Covers Decorative Ushapia Household Ushapia Games and Puzzles Maine M...

  • Maine State History

    Return to K-12 Educational Resources Grade Levels: 3-8 Time Allotment: 75 to 90 minutes Maine Social Studies Standards: C1, C2, D2, E1 This lesson shows maps of Maine made in the 1800s and early 1900s to illustrate how the state was settled and...

  • Travel and Tourism

    Return to K-12 Educational Resources Grade Levels: 3-5 Time Allotment: 60 to 75 minutes Maine Social Studies Standards: C1, E1 This lesson shows how the development of tourism and different modes of transportation changed maps and history. It s...

  • Schoolgirl sampler — celestial diagram rather than map!

    Samplers ~ pieces of cloth embroidered with alphabets, maxims, or floral designs ~ were made by girls as part of their education throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. (I can remember my infant-school class, in London, making samplers wh...

  • Travel and Transportation

    Return to K-12 Educational Resources Grade Levels: K-2 Time Allotment: 35 to 45 minutes Maine Social Studies Standards: C1, E1 This lesson shows how different modes of transportation changed maps and history. The students will complete a small ...

  • Maps of the Revolution at the OML

    Search for these maps in Osgood to find more information and high resolution images.The Seat of War in New England by an American Volunteer with the Marches of the several corps sent by the colonies towards Boston with the attack on Bunkers...

  • Maps of Papal Conclaves!

    So, you learn something everyday! A post at the Folger Library's blog by John Hunt (University of Louisville) discusses a 1670 map ~ with several vignettes ~ designed to inform a growing public about the rituals and procedures of Papal Conclaves. Tod...

  • Postcard Celebrating the Construction of the Panama Canal

    The Kiss of the OceansThe postcard was a souvenir from the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco. Found at Retronaut....