Maine Memory Network

Philpot's Studio, Sanford, 1903

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1903 Location: Sanford Media: Photographic print

Zina Hyde & Co. Chandlery, Pierce Photographic Gallery, Bath ca. 1865

Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: circa 1865 Location: Bath Media: Photographic print

510-512 Congress Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Martha Abbott Use: Stores - Studio - Beauty Parlor

226-228 Westbrook Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Lillian M. Parker Use: Studio and Dwelling

Eternal Images: Photographing Childhood

From the earliest days of photography doting parents from across Maine sought to capture images of their young children. The studio photographs often reflect the families' images of themselves and their status or desired status.

Chansonetta Stanley Emmons: Staging the Past

Chansonetta Stanley Emmons (1858-1937) of Kingfield, Maine, experimented with the burgeoning artform of photography. Starting in 1897, Emmons documented the lives of people, many in rural and agricultural regions in Maine and around the world. Often described as recalling a bygone era, this exhibition features glass plate negatives and painted lantern slides from the collections of the Stanley Museum in Kingfield on deposit at Maine Historical Society, that present a time of rapid change, from 1897 to 1926.

Early Maine Photography - Portland Photographers

"… most pre Civil War Maine photographers operated studios in cities and towns, some chose the life of itinerants, moving from village to village in…"

Early Maine Photography - Studio Portraits

"Studio Portraits Studio Portrait Slideshow Click on image for full slideshow Beginning the 1840s, photographers sought to make the connection…"

Story of the "little nun"
by Felicia Garant

My grandmother made a nun's outfit for me

How Mom caught Dad
by Jane E. Woodman

How Ruth and Piney met in Wilton and started a life together