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Historical Items

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Item 1275

Bogdonove and Warren Lumbard, Monhegan, 1935

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1935-07-21 Location: Monhegan Media: Photographic print

Mystery Corner Item

Item 34585

Artist painting Saco River, 1914

Mystery Corner Item Know the artist? The location?

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1914 Location: Biddeford; Saco Media: Photographic print

Item 6962

North Anson landscape, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: North Anson Media: Oil on board

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Good Will-Hinckley: Building a Landscape

The landscape at the Good Will-Hinckley campus in Fairfield was designed to help educate and influence the orphans and other needy children at the school and home.

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

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.

Site Pages

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Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson

"He belonged to the Brush’un painting group with John Calvin Stevens. He was also active in Portland musical organizations."

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Blue Hill, Maine - A New Look at an Old Painting

"1824" is one of Maine's oldest landscape paintings. Fisher used the latest technology - the camera obscura - to create an image that is photographic…"

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Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"… elevation, this engaging presentation drawing is painted in watercolors with skillful shading and shadowing."

My Maine Stories

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Story

From Brooklyn to Maine
by Samuel Gelber

Moving to Maine changed my artistic style, and I continue to learn from the landscape every day.

Story

Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey

MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR