Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 6 of 6

"Savage in 1959. The hand carving of the lettering panels was crafted by Savage and the carving of each pictorial panel was executed by Savage's…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment

"… orders for items such as personalized hand-carved paddles, and occasionally, to have their fortunes told."

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"… called Canaan, and early 19th century settlers carved homes and farms from the wilderness. They used waterpower from the fast flowing Kennebec…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons

"Carved and painted into the buttons are various designs: lines and dots, animals, words, the faces of coins, and more."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4

"… in the war (only fifty-five names were actually carved into the monument). A stone marks his grave next to his parents at Oak Hill Cemetery in…"

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"… proud of his Industrial Town of Rumford that he carved out and transformed from a slow moving agricultural land to a thriving town known across the…"