Keywords: Photographic studios
Item 27888
Zina Hyde & Co. Chandlery, Pierce Photographic Gallery, Bath ca. 1865
Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: circa 1865 Location: Bath Media: Photographic print
Item 36016
Anidrosis Sanitarium, Skowhegan, ca. 1880
Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1880 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print
Item 38592
510-512 Congress Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Martha Abbott Use: Stores - Studio - Beauty Parlor
Item 84516
226-228 Westbrook Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Lillian M. Parker Use: Studio and Dwelling
Exhibit
Eternal Images: Photographing Childhood
From the earliest days of photography doting parents from across Maine sought to capture images of their young children. The studio photographs often reflect the families' images of themselves and their status or desired status.
Exhibit
Chansonetta Stanley Emmons: Staging the Past
Chansonetta Stanley Emmons (1858-1937) of Kingfield, Maine, experimented with the burgeoning artform of photography. Starting in 1897, Emmons documented the lives of people, many in rural and agricultural regions in Maine and around the world. Often described as recalling a bygone era, this exhibition features glass plate negatives and painted lantern slides from the collections of the Stanley Museum in Kingfield on deposit at Maine Historical Society, that present a time of rapid change, from 1897 to 1926.
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Early Maine Photography - Portland Photographers
"… most pre Civil War Maine photographers operated studios in cities and towns, some chose the life of itinerants, moving from village to village in…"
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Early Maine Photography - Studio Portraits
"Studio Portraits Studio Portrait Slideshow Click on image for full slideshow Beginning the 1840s, photographers sought to make the connection…"
Story
Story of the "little nun"
by Felicia Garant
My grandmother made a nun's outfit for me
Story
How Mom caught Dad
by Jane E. Woodman
How Ruth and Piney met in Wilton and started a life together
