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Keywords: Paintings
Historical Items Showing 3 of 979 View All
Item 5544
Title: Bath Iron Works, 1943
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1943
Location: Bath
Media: Oil painting
Item 4115
Item 17363
Title: Card painted by Persis Sibley, ca. 1831
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1831
Location: Freedom
Media: Ink on paper
Tax Records Showing 3 of 24 View All
Item 53378
Address: Paint Shop, Mountfort Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Thomas Laughlin Company
Use: Paint Shop
Item 53873
Item 86349
Address: 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 47 View All
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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.
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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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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.
