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Keywords: Vienna

Historical Items

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Item 6393

Log cabin windmill blade quilt, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: Vienna Media: Cotton

Item 11948

May Fellows, Vienna, 1892

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1892 Location: Skowhegan Media: Cabinet photograph

Item 67948

Aida program cover, Surry Opera Company; Vienna, Virginia, 1985

Contributed by: Susan and Charles Guilford through Surry Historical Society Date: 1985-02-07 Location: Vienna; Surry Media: Beige cardstock with brown ink program

Online Exhibits

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Elise Fellows White: World Traveling Violin Prodigy

Elise Fellows White was a violinist from Skowhegan who traveled all over the world to share her music.

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Elise Fellows White: Music, Writing, and Family

From a violin prodigy in her early years to an older woman -- mother of two -- struggling financially, Skowhegan native Mary Elise Fellows White remained committed to music, writing, poetry, her extended family -- and living a life that would matter and be remembered.

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Passing the Time: Artwork by World War II German POWs

In 1944, the US Government established Camp Houlton, a prisoner of war (POW) internment camp for captured German soldiers during World War II. Many of the prisoners worked on local farms planting and harvesting potatoes. Some created artwork and handicrafts they sold or gave to camp guards. Camp Houlton processed and held about 3500 prisoners and operated until May 1946.

Site Pages

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Skowhegan Community History - About the Project

"… 1880s, played in Boston at the age of ten and in Vienna when she was 12. Another found the military kit, family records, and correspondence of…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"At the age of 13, he made his first U.S. appearance at Steinway Hall in New York City, after having studied at the Vienna Conservatory and in Paris…"

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Music in Maine - Music Makers

"… funded her trip to study with Jacob Grün in Vienna. Without a formal musical debut—a professional career requirement in Europe—at age 19, she…"