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Item 22438

Title: Walker Art Building, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society

Date: circa 1910

Location: Brunswick

Media: Glass negative

Item 54917

Title: Art class at Good Will, Fairfield, ca. 1965

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes

Date: circa 1965

Location: Fairfield

Media: Photographic print

Item 9850

Title: Art & Music Class, St. Agatha, 1924

Contributed by: Ste. Agathe Historical Society

Date: 1924

Location: Saint Agatha

Media: Photograph

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Exhibit

Child's chair with portrait, Portland, 1908

Art of the People: Folk Art in Maine

For many different reasons people saved and carefully preserved the objects in this exhibit. Eventually, along with the memories they hold, the objects were passed to the Maine Historical Society. Object and memory, serve as a powerful way to explore history and to connect to the lives of people in the past.

Exhibit

Gladys Hasty Carroll, South Berwick, 1937

Capturing Arts and Artists in the 1930s

Emmie Bailey Whitney of the Lewiston Journal Saturday Magazine and her husband, noted amateur photographer G. Herbert Whitney, captured in words and photographs the richness of Maine's arts scene during the Great Depression.

Exhibit

Drawing Together: Art of the Longfellows

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is best know as a poet, but he also was accomplished in drawing and music. He shared his love of drawing with most of his siblings. They all shared the frequent activity of drawing and painting with their children. The extended family included many professional as well as amateur artists, and several architects.