Maine Memory Network

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"Nineteenth Century 'Melissa Trask,' 1884Maine Historical Society Shipbuilding Seafaring enterprises played a major role in Surry's economy…"

Early Maine Photography - Art

"… and Chapman portraits, the elegant mid-nineteenth century painting of Julia Clapp Carroll of Portland appearing in an ambrotype (at left) was the…"

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 2 of 2

"1850Maine Historical Society Nineteenth century Portland supported an active artistic community. Of the painters, sculptors, and carvers who worked…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"Earlier in the nineteenth century, James C. Ledyard had a furniture store in the Ledyard Block, in the late 1860s he had his real estate office in…"

Early Maine Photography - Occupational

"1854Maine Historical Society In the nineteenth century, individuals often chose to be photographed in the clothing of their trade or profession…"

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 1 of 2

"Cole. Lovell native Eastman Johnson was one of nineteenth century America’s leading portrait and genre artists."

Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"… the architectural profession in Maine in the mid-nineteenth century, architects provided renderings to help clients envision proposed houses and…"

Early Maine Photography - Post-Mortem & Mourning

"… pictures of the dead were commonplace in mid-nineteenth century culture and were cherished as keepsakes by which to remember the deceased."

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"In 1805, music was introduced to the school. Soon the arts became popular, and students began to pay for painting, drawing and music lessons."

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