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Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 2 of 2

"A tintype shows a formally posed young woman set against a classical railing and trees as if in the outdoors."

Early Maine Photography - Human Interest

"Two of the tintypes show the same pair of ladies playing chess. In a third tintype, as a defiant gesture toward Maine’s prohibition laws, two young…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 2

"… the one under construction in this circa 1860-70 tintype, which reflected the changing building technology and changing agricultural practices of…"

Early Maine Photography - Occupational

"… dress and her old rocking chair indicate a rural origin for this tintype. Tintype of woman knitting, ca. 1870Maine Historical Society"

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2

"… began in 1861, the ambrotype was joined by the tintype as a form of photography "popular with soldiers and camp photographers alike," according to…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 2

"A tintype of a panoramic view of Round Pond by a photographer named Goodwin shows the fishing fleet in the harbor with the village beyond."

Early Maine Photography - MHS Early Maine Photography Collections

"… as well as a significant portion of its tintypes (tintypes far out numbering the other two mediums.) The work threaded together the once-separated…"

Early Maine Photography - Occupational Photography

"The tintype of bearded Captain William Blanchard of Richmond is a reminder of that Kennebec River town’s flourishing pre Civil War shipbuilding…"

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 1 of 2

"… of a woman wearing a bonnet was copied on a tintype. More formal portraits are represented in daguerreotype copies of paintings of Joseph Leland of…"

Early Maine Photography - Early Maine Photography at Maine Historical Society

"… an amalgamation of daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and tintypes which arrived at Maine Historical Society both independently or as part of larger…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 1 of 3

"Tintype portrait of Abraham Lincoln, ca. 1864Maine Historical Society Abraham Lincoln This tintype of a print of Abraham Lincoln by an unknown maker…"

Early Maine Photography - Art

"… a family portrait is represented in a circa 1865 tintype copy of an oil painting of a man in the dress of the 1830s or 40s."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 3 of 3

"A South Paris tintype of about 1860 shows eleven members of the Bemis family standing adjacent to the store of merchant Hiram Hubbard."

Early Maine Photography - The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection

"… of all kinds – daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes, carte-de-visits, stereo views, and mounted images."

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3

"Famous People Hannibal Hamlin, ca. 1860Maine Historical Society Hannibal Hamlin This ambrotype of Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891) probably dates…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"Famous People Governor Enoch Lincoln Enoch Lincoln, Paris, 1827Maine Historical Society Governor Enoch Lincoln died in 1829, a decade before…"

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…"

Early Maine Photography - Portland Photographers

"Portland Photographers Augustus Fox, ca. 1855Maine Historical Society As Maine’s largest city, Portland became a center for photographers…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 3

"Landscape Photography Mussey's Row, Middle Street, Portland, ca. 1856Maine Historical Society Taken in 1845 or 1846, this view of buildings…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"Landscape Photography Casco Engine Co. No. 1 firemen's muster and parade, Portland, 1846Maine Historical Society The Maine Historical Society…"

Early Maine Photography - Family Groups

"Family Groups Unidentified family, ca. 1857Maine Historical Society The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection contains several examples of…"

Early Maine Photography - War

"War Simon Dearborn, Monmouth, ca. 1850Maine Historical Society In the Vickery-Shettleworth Collection, the images of two aged Revolutionary…"

Early Maine Photography - Post-Mortem & Mourning

"Post-Mortem & Mourning Post Mortem & Mourning Slideshow Click on image to view slideshow In pre-Civil war Maine, death was a frequent…"

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 1 of 2

"War Conrad Heyer, Waldoboro, ca. 1852Maine Historical Society Two of the treasures of the Maine Historical Society’s collection of early…"