Maine Memory Network

Down Pleasant Street to Waterfront, Blue Hill, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Blue Hill Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Blue Hill Media: Photograph on paper

Silhouettes of the Famous Class of 1825, Bowdoin College, ca. 1825

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1825 Location: Brunswick; Brunswick Media: Ink on paper

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.

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"… published by the Hallowell firm of Goodale and Cheever in 1814. Elizabeth Palmer Peabody -- Hallowell Blue Stocking."