Keywords: Pencil boxes
Item 78688
Wooden Pencil Box, Dixfield, ca. 1950
Contributed by: Dixfield Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Dixfield Media: Wood
Item 74459
Railroad bridge pencil drawing, Ohio, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Ashtabula Media: Photographic reproduction of pencil on paper-drawing
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Selections from the Collections
Maine Historical Society staff come across unique and unforgettable items in our collections every day. While it's difficult to choose favorites from a dynamic collection, this exhibit features memorable highlights as selected by members of the MHS staff.
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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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Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property
"Phebe's Hymnal Zoom in to read the faintly penciled banter.Surry Historical Society Phebe and Isaac married in Surry on February 6, 1864."
