Keywords: Stems
Item 135817
"A Bog Bouquet, Huckleberry Bog," Weld, 2007
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2007 Location: Weld Media: Watercolor on paper
Item 26994
Contributed by: Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands Date: circa 1750 Location: Bristol Media: Glass Negative
Exhibit
Mural mystery in Westport Island's Cornelius Tarbox, Jr. House
The Cornelius Tarbox, Jr. House, a well-preserved Greek Revival house on Westport Island, has a mystery contained within--a panoramic narrative mural. The floor-to-ceiling mural contains eight painted panels that create a colorful coastal seascape which extends through the front hallway and up the stairwell. The name of the itinerant painter has been lost over time, can you help us solve the mystery of who he or she was?
Exhibit
Settlers' clothing had to be durable and practical to hold up against hard work and winters. From the 1700s to the mid 1800s, the women of Maine learned to sew by making samplers.
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Duchess Anjoulene apple, Bangor, 1866
"… which had the fruit as large as a common pipe stem." Below the apple, he wrote, "4 ft 8 1/2 inches high, Lowest branch 7 inches from the ground…"
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - Mid Twentieth Century
"… the collections' mid twentieth century garments stem from the Westbrook College collection. The exception being Korean and Vietnam War-era military…"
Story
A Note from a Maine-American
by William Dow Turner
With 7 generations before statehood, and 5 generations since, Maine DNA carries on.
