1995
GUSN-169692
As illustrated by the Old Gaol at York, Maine, a preserved monument sometimes has a way of persuading the public to view history in a skewed, one-sided way. Restored using the money of the upper-class summer residents of York in the early-20th century, Kevin D. Murphy looks at the Old Gaol and raises the question of just whose history was being preserved, and what the motives behind it were.
Article ID 64
SC001
Old-Time New England
SC001.1995.073.260.001
As illustrated by the Old Gaol at York, Maine, a preserved monument sometimes has a way of persuading the public to view history in a skewed, one-sided way. Restored using the money of the upper-class summer residents of York in the early-20th century, Kevin D. Murphy looks at the Old Gaol and raises the question of just whose history was being preserved, and what the motives behind it were.
Volume 73, Number 260 (Fall 1995)
Kevin D. Murphy (Author)
(1995). Old Time New England. Boston, Mass.: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities.
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Boston, Mass.
Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities
Old Time New England
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