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Historical Items

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Item 33899

Bluehill Light Infantry Back Pack, Blue Hill, ca. 1812

Contributed by: Jonathan Fisher Memorial, Inc. Date: circa 1812 Location: Blue Hill Media: Canvas with paint

Item 33905

Hat Form, Blue Hill, ca. 1800

Contributed by: Farnsworth Museum of Art through Jonathan Fisher Memorial, Inc. Date: circa 1800 Location: Blue Hill Media: Plaster

Item 33908

Wooden Box, Blue Hill, ca. 1800

Contributed by: Jonathan Fisher Memorial, Inc. Date: circa 1800 Location: Blue Hill Media: Wood

Tax Records

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Item 32472

340 Auburn Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Henry C Cook Style: Craftsman Use: Dwelling - Single family

Item 32513

52-54 Bailey Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Norman D Darling Style: Craftsman Use: Dwelling - Single family

Item 32532

66-76 Baxter Boulevard, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Ruth Merrill Norton Style: Craftsman Use: Dwelling - Single family

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 110439

Wall project at Owens residence, Bar Harbor, ca. 1983

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1983 Location: Bar Harbor Client: Owens Architect: Patrick Chasse; The Maine Designer/Craftsman

Item 110431

Dwight residence garden, Bar Harbor, 1982

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1982 Location: Bar Harbor Client: George Dwight, Architect: Patrick Chasse; The Maine Designer/Craftsman

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Remembering Mellie Dunham: Snowshoe Maker and Fiddler

Alanson Mellen "Mellie" Dunham and his wife Emma "Gram" Dunham were well-known musicians throughout Maine and the nation in the early decades of the 20th century. Mellie Dunham also received fame as a snowshoe maker.

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Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs

The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.

Exhibit

Holding up the Sky: Wabanaki people, culture, history, and art

Learn about Native diplomacy and obligation by exploring 13,000 years of Wabanaki residence in Maine through 17th century treaties, historic items, and contemporary artworks—from ash baskets to high fashion. Wabanaki voices contextualize present-day relevance and repercussions of 400 years of shared histories between Wabanakis and settlers to their region.

Site Pages

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Architecture

"… Museum Folk VictorianNylander Museum Craftsman BungelowNylander Museum Gothic RevivalNylander Museum 4-SquareNylander…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Inns

"And he was a birchbark craftsman. He used to do a big business with birchbark frames. He didn’t have to go to Bar Harbor to sell them because people…"

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Historic Hallowell - Carvers and Quarrymen

"… labors, making him an established, middle class craftsman-no matter his nationality. Quarrymen tended to earn between $1.75 and $2.00 per day."