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Historical Items

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Item 99787

Hudon Furniture Company, Main Street, Dixfield, 1947

Contributed by: Dixfield Historical Society Date: 1947 Location: Dixfield Media: Photographic print

Item 17128

Child's rocking chair

Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Littleton Media: Wood

Item 98693

Pierce Furniture, Commercial Street, Boothbay Harbor, ca. 1917

Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: circa 1917 Location: Boothbay Harbor Media: Glass Negative

Online Exhibits

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Art of the People: Folk Art in Maine

For many different reasons people saved and carefully preserved the objects in this exhibit. Eventually, along with the memories they hold, the objects were passed to the Maine Historical Society. Object and memory, serve as a powerful way to explore history and to connect to the lives of people in the past.

Exhibit

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.

Exhibit

Princeton: Woods and Water Built This Town

Princeton benefited from its location on a river -- the St. Croix -- that was useful for transportation of people and lumber and for powering mills as well as on its proximity to forests.

Site Pages

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Rustic furniture, Bangor, 1865

"Rustic furniture, Bangor, 1865 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin (1823-1904) of…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin house floor plan, Bangor, 1864

"… of the ground floor inside and locate some of the furniture which will be familiar to them perhaps as long as they live." Only two of the Martin…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 604-650

"… the Civil War on business and prices, his rustic furniture, profiles of his children, their educations, schools, vaccinations, and churches -- and…"