Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Primary and intermediate school, Bangor, 1865

"… school superintending committee had the building painted a light yellow. Martin, an accountant and shopkeeper, and his wife, Clara Cary Martin…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 4 of 4

"… cloud of white dresses in Claude Monet’s 1866-67 painting titled Women in the Garden. Another white organdie, a ball dress, with short frill…"

Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"Slate was used for roofs, floors, paints, and blackboards. Plaster was used for making and fixing walls."

Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 1 of 2

"The painted boards were dried in a drawer with a screen on the bottom and a fan in the back. Pieces were sorted for quality, then packaged, and sent…"

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2

"… posed for this tintype in a field studio, with a painted backdrop ornamented with tents and an American flag."

Music in Maine - Longfellow Family Music

"… nurtured by family members who read avidly, drew, painted, played music, and wrote. Zilpah Wadsworth, Henry’s mother, wrote during her childhood of…"

Historic Hallowell - A Chosen Place ~ Once Again

"… but to aspects of creativity--be it with music, paint, food or words--that enrich our lives and aren’t a frill…."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 3 of 3

"… them to keep the seawater from damaging the paint. This film was so hard to get off it was unbelievable."

John Martin: Expert Observer - "A Little Daisy," Katahdin Iron Works, 1890

"… brother often came to my chamber to see me draw & paint the Iron works & I soon found he had a natural tact for drawing." Martin was writing and…"

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Source Materials

"… access and allowing the 19th Century oil painting of Asticou by Dr. John L. Hughes to be photographed and used for this project. Richard M."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of East New Portland

"The bridge was never painted and over time acquired its natural weather-beaten appearance. In the winter snow was brought in to cover the floor on…"

Belfast Historical Society

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Margaret Chase Smith Library

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New Hampshire Historical Society

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Brick Store Museum

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Surry by the Bay - About The Project

"… have worked hard to keep the building in shape by painting it, making repairs, and keeping the grounds in shape."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Crew

"… member of the Historical Society and does silk painting. Candi's family goes back to some of the first English settlers to come to Swan's…"

Friendship Museum

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Early Maine Photography - Post-Mortem & Mourning

"If no painted or photographic image had been made of a family member, the post-mortem daguerreotype was an inexpensive and readily available means to…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson

"He belonged to the Brush’un painting group with John Calvin Stevens. He was also active in Portland musical organizations."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Reform and Repeal

"… Graves, a respected Kennebunkport artist, painted this fleshy tribute in honor of the repeal of Prohibition."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"Emery, was largely a pine-and-paint building, modest but not without bucolic charm. The theater held about 620 and entertained the wealthy and the…"

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"Leslie Adkins wagon shop was built to paint and repair wagons. Piscataquis Valley Country Club was incorporated."