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Item 5544

Bath Iron Works, 1943

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society

Date: 1943

Location: Bath

Media: Oil painting

Item 4115

Mary Storer Potter Longfellow

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society

Media: Paper

Item 17363

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

Paint Shop, Mountfort Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Thomas Laughlin Company

Use: Paint Shop

Item 53873

46 Cross Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Albion H. Brown

Use: Paint Shop

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

Exhibit

Cornelius Tarbox, Jr. House, Westport Island, ca. 1858

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

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.