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Item 9850

Art & Music Class, St. Agatha, 1924

Contributed by: Ste. Agathe Historical Society Date: 1924 Location: Saint Agatha Media: Photographic print

Item 100653

The Art Colony, Perkins Cove, Ogunquit, ca. 1936

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1936 Location: Ogunquit Media: Postcard

Item 6152

Clipper ship the "Portland," ca. 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Portland Media: Oil on canvas

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 111490

Penobscot Marine Museum entrance and court plan, Searsport, ca. 1990

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1990 Location: Searsport Client: Penobscot Marine Museum Architect: Carol A. Wilson; UJMN and Carol A. Wilson Architects

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Child's chair with portrait, Portland, 1908

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

Gladys Hasty Carroll, South Berwick, 1937

Capturing Arts and Artists in the 1930s

Emmie Bailey Whitney of the Lewiston Journal Saturday Magazine and her husband, noted amateur photographer G. Herbert Whitney, captured in words and photographs the richness of Maine's arts scene during the Great Depression.

Exhibit

Drawing Together: Art of the Longfellows

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is best know as a poet, but he also was accomplished in drawing and music. He shared his love of drawing with most of his siblings. They all shared the frequent activity of drawing and painting with their children. The extended family included many professional as well as amateur artists, and several architects.