Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"It could be Bartlett, or Charles J. Schumacher of Portland, who is known to have painted similar murals in a now demolished church in Mayville, near…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons

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

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857

"Painters were needed to varnish and paint the ship’s topsides and hulls. Hoop makers were needed to produce hoops to be sewn to the sails so they…"

Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"… were extinguished, and the tower itself was camouflaged with drab olive paint. Thomas Hill Standpipe, 1945Bangor Historical Society"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4

"… production stations (welding, wood, machine, and paint shops) and exit on the other side of the building a finished fire truck ready for delivery."

Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum

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Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Wadsworth Era: 1786-1807

"… In October 1801 she and Stephen's miniatures were painted, probably as gifts for one another. Eliza, however, had begun the decline from tubercular…"

Early Maine Photography - Occupational

"… the details of these garments with gold paint. The Masonic theme is also present in the Corinthian columns of the mat that frames the image."

Maine's Road to Statehood - After the War: The First Victory for Separationists

"… The "Boxer" and "Enterprise," Monhegan, 1831 This painting depicts an 1813 battle between the U.S. Brig Enterprise and the British Brig Boxer off…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"… elevation, this engaging presentation drawing is painted in watercolors with skillful shading and shadowing."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies

"… several of his family members had their portraits painted by Famed artist John Singleton Copley, who perhaps uncoincidentally was allegedly…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"The painting is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. As upset as he was with the "negative" changes in society and…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… to Williams Brothers stood a fish market, paint shop, movie and dance hall and an ice cream shop owned by E. M. Randlett."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"… covers the caramel it was originally before being painted white. Terry's Chevron StationPatten Free Library With the beginning of the age of…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"It needed painting, new gutters, roof repairs, basement windows and other miscellaneous repairs. The main entrance was moved from the front to the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… Island’s landscapes through pencil sketches and paintings that were finished, shared and published back in their home cities. According to A.C."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old House (circa 1820-2013)

"The Old House (circa 1820-2013) Painting of Asticou ca. 1860-1870Northeast Harbor Library The Old House built, by A.C."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"Road Signs after re-painting, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1955Mount Desert Island Historical Society Road Signs, Northeast Harbor, ca."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland Community Library

"Various community members finished and painted the interior and donated carpeting and other materials."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"… the South Smokehouse with the row of “windows” painted the bright red that John McCurdy favored. On the roof peak there was a fixed ventilator."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"… and the bricks that make up the outer facade are painted green, yellow, and tan. The Church Block is a three-story building."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"… meeting room and a kitchen that was furnished and painted. The town got an International Fire Truck in 1956."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"… where he drew inspiration for his famous marine paintings. Lewis L. Litchfield Lewis Litchfield, station agent for the Boston & Maine Railroad in…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"Schools built at that time were usually one room, painted red, and stood at the top of a hill. Abbott School, Mexico, ca."