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Keywords: Photographs

Historical Items

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Item 12829

Cyrus Davis, Waterville, ca. 1914

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1914 Location: Waterville Media: Photographic print

Item 14178

Fred H. Palmer, 1885

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1885 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 5193

Chesbury F. Lothrop, Chesterville, ca. 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1864 Location: Chesterville Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 99096

17 Frost Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Anna C. Barrett Use: Barn

Item 35947

15-17 Carroll Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Clyde B. Burnet Use: Dwelling - Single family

Item 36388

49 Pine Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Devisees of William T. Kilborn Style: Vernacular Victorian Use: Dwelling - Single family

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 111996

Bethany Baptist Church, Skowhegan, 1892-1913

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1892–1913 Location: Skowhegan; Skowhegan Client: Bethany Baptist Church Architect: Stevens & Cobb Architects

Item 109786

Additions to Home of John J. McCarthy, Lewiston, 1936

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1936 Location: Lewiston Client: John J. McCarthy Architect: Coombs Brothers Architects

Item 110099

Additions to the Gardiner Public Library for Mr. R.P. Hazzard, Gardiner, 1929-1930

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1929–1930 Location: Gardiner Client: Gardiner Public Library Architect: John P. Thomas

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

Promoting Rockland Through a Stereopticon, 1875

Frank Crockett and photographer J.P. Armbrust took stereo views of Rockland's downtown, industry, and notable homes in the 1870s as a way to promote tourism to the town.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Early Maine Photography - Portland Photographers

"Five Portland photographers of this period are represented in the Maine Historical Society Collection: Marcus Ormsbee, George M."

Site Page

Early Maine Photography - MHS Early Maine Photography Collections

"The rich and diverse photograph collection at MHS is particularly strong in early photography, that is photographs dating from the 1840s through the…"

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Early Maine Photography - Early Maine Photography at Maine Historical Society

"What makes a photograph "early"? Unidentified women, ca. 1860Maine Historical Society In respect to photography, the widely accepted definition…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Story of the "little nun"
by Felicia Garant

My grandmother made a nun's outfit for me

Story

21st and 19th century technology and freelance photography
by Brendan Bullock

My work is a mash-up of cutting edge technology and 19th century chemistry techniques.

Story

My Vietnam service detailed in Life Magazine
by Henry B. Severance III

My company's service was documented by war photographer Catherine Leroy in Life Magazine.

Lesson Plans

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Lesson Plan

Longfellow's Ripple Effect: Journaling With the Poet - "Footsteps of Angels"

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12, Postsecondary Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
This lesson is part of a series of six lesson plans that will give students the opportunity to become familiar with the works of Longfellow while reflecting upon how his works speak to their own experiences.

Lesson Plan

Bicentennial Lesson Plan

Building Community/Community Buildings

Grade Level: 6-8 Content Area: Social Studies
Where do people gather? What defines a community? What buildings allow people to congregate to celebrate, learn, debate, vote, and take part in all manner of community activities? Students will evaluate images and primary documents from throughout Maine’s history, and look at some of Maine’s earliest gathering spaces and organizations, and how many communities established themselves around certain types of buildings. Students will make connections between the community buildings of the past and the ways we express identity and create communities today.