Keywords: servants' housing
Item 16516
Farm House at Montpelier, ca. 1865
Contributed by: The General Henry Knox Museum Date: circa 1865 Location: Thomaston Media: Stereograph
Item 31893
Indenture contract for Samuel Perkins of Arundel, 1805
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1805 Location: Arundel Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
Great Cranberry Island's Preble House
The Preble House, built in 1827 on a hilltop over Preble Cove on Great Cranberry Island, was the home to several generations of Hadlock, Preble, and Spurling family members -- and featured in several books.
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.
Site Page
Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters
View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.
Site Page
Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Longfellow Era: 1807-1901
"He later served in the Civil War. Servants An unknown number of servants worked and lived in the home during the Longfellow era."
Story
The gift of a necklace
by Parivash Rohani
When I was born my grandmother gave me a part of a Baha’i prayer for protection.
Story
A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin
As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down