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Item 17270

Contributed by: Nordica Memorial Association Date: circa 1878 Location: Farmington; London Media: Oil on canvas

Item 17285

Norton Family Reunion, Farmington, 1911

Contributed by: Nordica Memorial Association Date: 1911 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print

Item 17282

Lillian Nordica as Violetta, ca. 1888

Contributed by: Nordica Memorial Association Date: circa 1888 Location: Farmington; San Francisco Media: Photographic print

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Lillian Nordica: Farmington Diva

Lillian Norton, known as Nordica, was one of the best known sopranos in America and the world at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries. She was a native of Farmington.

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Cumston Hall Auditorium Seating, Monmouth, ca. 1900

Music in Maine - Opera, Orchestras and Stages

"Mezo-Soprano Lucy Nicolar (1882-1969), a mezo-soprano, performed across America as “Princess Watahwaso” and recorded with Victor Records."

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People, Pets & Portraits

Informal family photos often include family pets -- but formal, studio portraits and paintings also often feature one person and one pet, in formal attire and pose.

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Nordica Memorial Association

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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Captain Lewis Mitchell, Portland, ca. 1855

Early Maine Photography - Occupational Photography

"… Berwick proudly displays his over-the-shoulder soprano horn, a band instrument of the period. A tintype of George Allen Soule of Yarmouth shows a…"