Keywords: George Blanchard
Item 17131
Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland; Poultney Media: Wood, metal
Item 10217
George E. Weeks, Augusta, 1880
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1880 Location: Augusta Media: Photoprint
Item 57696
25 Highland Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: George A. Blanchard Use: Dwelling - Single family
Item 57707
Assessor's Record, 25 Highland Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: George A. Blanchard Use: Garage
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Imagery on letterhead soldiers used, on soldiers' memorials produced after the war, and on many other items captured the themes of the American Civil War: union, liberty, and freedom.
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Visitors to the Maine woods in the early twentieth century often recorded their adventures in private diaries or journals and in photographs. Their remembrances of canoeing, camping, hunting and fishing helped equate Maine with wilderness.
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Early Maine Photography - Occupational Photography
"The tintype of bearded Captain William Blanchard of Richmond is a reminder of that Kennebec River town’s flourishing pre Civil War shipbuilding…"
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Early Maine Photography - Occupational
"Captain Purington of Topsham and Captain Blanchard of exhibit the stern bearded features of men experienced in commanding sailing vessels."
