To Joseph Frye, Esq., Colonel and Commander-in-Chief… from the Officers of said Battalion, Boston, April 20, 1757.” Two views of the commemorative silver tankard presented to Colonel Joseph Frye in 1757. Engraved with the Frye coat of arms, the tankard was later donated to the Maine Historical Society by Annie Frye, honoring the wishes of her father, Judge Richard Frye of Bethel. Photo: author.
Inkwell and Pen. From the collection of the Fryeburg Historical Society Museum. Photo by the author.
Limbo
“Flowering” corset busks, front and back, carved and scrimshaw-decorated baleen. Motifs include hearts, vines, and floral forms within a vine border. Inscribed Polk and Dallas with a commemorative Polk flag, dated October 18, 1844. Inscribed M. A. L.; believed to have been made by Thomas Harmon and brought home to Brownfield for his grandmother, Mary Ann Lord.
Peary's Monument at Jockey Cap
The great Fire of 1947
Loom Wheel, Fryeburg Historical Society Museum
Spinning Wheel, Fryeburg Historical Society Museum
Found in the attic of the Fryeburg Historical Society Museum. The patenting of the sewing machine by Elias Howe in 1846 touched off a technological, industrial, and social revolution in the United States. By making possible the manufacture of inexpensive clothing, it greatly sped up the pace of American industrialization. Sale shops opened in Brownfield and Fryeburg (sale work- ready-made as opposed to custom made). Photos: author.
