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Historical Items Showing 3 of 980 View All
Item 5544
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1943
Location: Bath
Media: Oil painting
Item 4115
Item 17363
Card painted by Persis Sibley, ca. 1831
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1831
Location: Freedom
Media: Ink on paper
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Item 53378
Item 53873
Item 86349
Garage, Paint Shop, Store, Machine Shop, Custom House Wharf, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Proprietors of Custom House Wharf
Use: Garage, Paint Shop, Store, Machine Shop
Exhibits Showing 3 of 49 View All
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Mural mystery in Westport Island's Cornelius Tarbox, Jr. House
The Cornelius Tarbox, Jr. House, a well-preserved Greek Revival house on Westport Island, has a mystery contained within--a panoramic narrative mural. The floor-to-ceiling mural contains eight painted panels that create a colorful coastal seascape which extends through the front hallway and up the stairwell. The name of the itinerant painter has been lost over time, can you help us solve the mystery of who he or she was?
Exhibit
A City Awakes: Arts and Artisans of Early 19th Century Portland
Portland's growth from 1786 to 1860 spawned a unique social and cultural environment and fostered artistic opportunity and creative expression in a broad range of the arts, which flowered with the increasing wealth and opportunity in the city.
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.
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Blue Hill, Maine - A New Look at an Old Painting
A New Look at an Old Painting Morning View of Blue Hill VillageItem Contributed byJonathan Fisher Memorial, Inc.
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For additional information about this painting please refer to the exhibit entitled "A New Look at an Old Painting" on this site.
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Four Birds of Native Species is an oil on canvas painting by Jonathan Fisher that demonstrates his artistic ability and his interest in nature.
My Maine Stories Showing 3 of 4 View All
Story
Learning to fly and instructing cadets at West Point during WWII
by Vera Cleaves
West Point during World War II
Story
by David Chessey
MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR