Contributed by Camden-Rockport Historical Society
Description
Chinese immigrant I Nee Lee, living in Camden owned and operated a laundry, but also painted local scenes in the Camden area.
He painted this scene of Turnpike Drive, or Route 52, with Megunticook Lake at the left sometime in the 1930s.
About This Item
- Title: Painting of Turnpike Drive in Camden, 1933
- Creator: I Nee Lee
- Creation Date: 1933
- Subject Date: 1933
- Location: Camden, Knox County, ME
- Media: Oil on canvas
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Lakes--Maine--Camden
- Immigrants--United States--Maine--Camden
- Megunticook Lake (Me.)--Paintings
- Artists, Chinese
- Artists, American
- Artists, Maine
- Chinese Americans--Maine--Camden
- Camden (Me.)--Views--Paintings
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Camden-Rockport Historical Society223 Union Street #747, Rockport, ME 04856
207-236-2257
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