Category: Arts & Entertainment, Photography, Photographers
Item 6854
Drinking tea and coffee, Greenville, 1934
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1934-07-22 Location: Greenville Media: Photographic print
Item 13723
Group with cameras, Portland, 1898
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Exhibit
Maine Streets: The Postcard View
Photographers from the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Co. of Belfast traveled throughout the state, especially in small communities, taking images for postcards. Many of these images, taken in the first three decades of the twentieth century, capture Main Streets on the brink of modernity.
Exhibit
In 1921, Guy Gannett purchased two competing Portland newspapers, merging them under the Portland Press Herald title. He followed in 1925 with the purchase the Portland Evening Express, which allowed him to combine two passions: photography and aviation.
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Early Maine Photography - Occupational
"Occupational James Jones, Farmington, ca. 1854Maine Historical Society In the nineteenth century, individuals often chose to be photographed…"
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Early Maine Photography - Occupational Photography
"Occupational Photography Captain Lewis Mitchell, Portland, ca. 1855Maine Historical Society The presence of a farmer and a sailor on the Maine…"
Story
21st and 19th century technology and freelance photography
by Brendan Bullock
My work is a mash-up of cutting edge technology and 19th century chemistry techniques.
Story
Story of the "little nun"
by Felicia Garant
My grandmother made a nun's outfit for me
