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Title: Mary Storer Potter Longfellow

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society

Media: Paper

Title: Bath Iron Works, 1943

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society

Date: 1943

Location: Bath

Media: Oil painting

Title: Benjamin Tupper Newman, Fryeburg

Contributed by: Fryeburg Historical Society

Location: Fryeburg

Media: Photograph

Address: 485-511 Commercial Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: Portland Terminal Co.

Use: Paint Shop

Address: Mountfort Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: Thomas Laughlin Company

Use: Paint Shop

Address: 403-405 Fore Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: F.M. Brown Paint Company

Use: Store - Paint

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.

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.

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.