Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Industry and Immigrants-A Changing Community

"… of whom came from the British Isles, Spain and Italy. These artisans produced some of the finest public monuments and statuary found in America."

Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 3 of 3

"… were locals but there were also quarrymen from Italy and Scotland. The town grew quickly during this time and there was a large boardinghouse run…"

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 1 of 2

"… 1825, Akers worked in Portland before leaving for Italy in 1852. There he spent much of the remaining nine years of his life creating portrait…"

Historic Hallowell - Carvers and Quarrymen

"Born in 1850 in Levigliani, Italy he came to America with his parents in 1877 at the age of 27. As a youth Protasio worked in the marble quarries of…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"… traveled in Europe, spending much of his time in Italy. Upon returning to Boston, he worked on the new MIT campus for architect Welles Bosworth."

Music in Maine - MAKE

"… missionary Eugene Vetromile (1819-1881), from Italy, ministered to Mi’kmaq, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot communities from 1854 to 1881."

Music in Maine - Longfellow Family Music

"… 1835 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and family, Italy, 1869Maine Historical Society Born in Portland in 1807, poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"… painter and German-Jewish mother, and lived in Italy until the end of World War I. She was highly influenced by the work of Rudolf Laban, known as…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"… from Europe, especially Poland, Lithuania, Italy, Scotland, Ireland, England, came to build the dams, canals, brick structures, and other buildings…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Quenching the Thirst

"… Antonio Potenza (1891-1976) a native of Viesta, Italy who emigrated to Portland around 1916 and established a barber shop on Middle Street."

Music in Maine - Opera, Orchestras and Stages

"In 1879, she made her Milan, Italy debut as Elvira in Don Giovanni. Her performance as Violetta in Traviata in Brescia received an unprecedented…"