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Keywords: Early Photographic Processes

Historical Items

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Item 28463

George Pepper, Civil War, ca. 1861

Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: circa 1861 Location: Bath; Yorktown Media: Tintype

Item 14342

Thomas Estabrooks, Houlton, ca. 1830

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1830 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 37155

Porter & Co. ambrotype, ca. 1854

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1854 Media: Ambrotype

Online Exhibits

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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

Maine Streets: The Postcard View

Photographers from the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Co. of Belfast traveled throughout the state, especially in small communities, taking images for postcards. Many of these images, taken in the first three decades of the twentieth century, capture Main Streets on the brink of modernity.

Exhibit

Early Fish Canneries in Brooklin

By the 1900s, numerous fish canneries began operating in Center Harbor, located within the Brooklin community. For over thirty years, these plants were an important factor in the community.

Site Pages

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Early Maine Photography - The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection

"Soon his criteria expanded to include portrait photographs of Maine people by local photographers. In junior high school, Earle Shettleworth read…"

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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3

"… just prior to the availability of the ambrotype process, which indicates that this picture is probably copied from an earlier daguerreotype."

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"… led to companion industries, such as the processing of the fish catch, mills to process timber and grains, and boat building."

My Maine Stories

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Story

Tapestry, Seine Twine and Burlesque
by Barbara Burns

My work as a tapestry artist and dancer in Maine.

Story

A first encounter with Bath and its wonderful history
by John Decker

Visiting the Maine Maritime Museum as part of a conference