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Keywords: Folk art
Historical Items Showing 3 of 74 View All
Item 28943
Title: Galen Jerome Brewer, 1844
Contributed by: Maine State Museum
Date: 1844
Location: Brewer
Media: Daguerreotype
Item 26513
Title: Diantha Cole Edwards Memorial, 1859
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1859
Media: Silk and hair on paper
Item 25705
Title: Eagle, flag and snake paper cutout, ca. 1845
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1845
Location: Portland
Media: paper
Exhibits Showing 3 of 3 View All
Exhibit
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
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.