Search Results

Keywords: decorations

Historical Items

View All Showing 2 of 810 Showing 3 of 810

Item 35318

Everett Staples store parade float, Biddeford, 1916

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1916-09-16 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 9408

Christmas decorations, Presque Isle, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Presque Isle Fire Department Date: circa 1950 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photoprint

Item 18399

Tancrel House, Lewiston, 1895

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 1895-06-24 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

View All Showing 2 of 2 Showing 2 of 2

Item 53873

46 Cross Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Albion H. Brown Use: Paint Shop

Item 87939

McVey property, N. Side Island Avenue, Lot 95, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Alice E. McVey Use: Summer Dwelling

Architecture & Landscape

View All Showing 2 of 2 Showing 2 of 2

Item 116396

The Samoset, Rockport, 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1917 Location: Rockport Client: The Samoset Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Item 111542

Nixon residence plans and elevations, Brunswick, 2016-2017

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2016–2017 Location: Brunswick Clients: Brooke Nixon; Andy Nixon Architect: Carol A. Wilson; Carol A. Wilson, Architect

Online Exhibits

View All Showing 2 of 57 Showing 3 of 57

Exhibit

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 Celebration of Skilled Artisans

The Maine Charitable Mechanic Association, an organization formed to promote and support skilled craftsmen, celebrated civic pride and members' trades with a parade through Portland on Oct. 8, 1841 at which they displayed 17 painted linen banners with graphic and textual representations of the artisans' skills.

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?

Site Pages

View All Showing 2 of 46 Showing 3 of 46

Site Page

Presque Isle: The Star City - Christmas decorations, Presque Isle, ca. 1950

"Christmas decorations, Presque Isle, ca. 1950 Contributed by Presque Isle Fire Department Description The photograph was taken in December…"

Site Page

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 1 of 2

"Decorations and Displays By then the well-decorated Masons’ Washington Lodge #37 building, seen on the left below, was 56 years old."

Site Page

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 3 of 4

"1930-1940 Evening gown with pink decorative motif, ca. 1940Maine Historical Society Fashions from the Great Depression years range from…"

My Maine Stories

View All Showing 2 of 5 Showing 3 of 5

Story

Nemo's Nightmare of World War I
by Mike and Bryan Luciano

Franklyn J. "Nemo" Burbank of Livermore Falls was our ancestor who fought in World War I.

Story

Wabanaki Fashion
by Decontie & Brown

Keeping the spirit and memories of our ancestors alive through fashion and creativity

Story

My story about tours of duty in Vietnam
by Maynard Bradley

I served in the Army Special Forces as a Green Beret, it still effects me today.

Lesson Plans

View All Showing 1 of 1 Showing 1 of 1

Lesson Plan

Bicentennial Lesson Plan

Primary Sources: Daily Life in 1820

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12 Content Area: Social Studies
This lesson plan will give students the opportunity to explore and analyze primary source documents from the years before, during, and immediately after Maine became the 23rd state in the Union. Through close looking at documents, objects, and art from Maine during and around 1820, students will ask questions and draw informed conclusions about life at the time of statehood.