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Historical Items

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Item 22438

Walker Art Building, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Brunswick Media: Glass Negative

Item 101065

Circus swing, Boston, 1853

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Date: 1853 Location: Boston Media: Ink on paper

Item 22439

Walker Art Building, Bowdoin College, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Brunswick Media: Glass Negative

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 110449

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum garden plans, Boston, MA, 2003

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2003 Location: Boston Client: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Architect: Meridian Associates Inc

Item 110263

Addition to the Wells Public Library, Wells, ca. 1992

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1992 Location: Wells Client: Town of Wells Architect: Wadsworth, Boston, Dimick, Mercer & Weatherill

Item 111807

Edith Barry china closet, Kennebunk, 1950

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1950 Location: Kennebunk Client: Edith Barry Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Online Exhibits

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Drawing Together: Art of the Longfellows

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is best know as a poet, but he also was accomplished in drawing and music. He shared his love of drawing with most of his siblings. They all shared the frequent activity of drawing and painting with their children. The extended family included many professional as well as amateur artists, and several architects.

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A City Awakes: Arts and Artisans of Early 19th Century Portland

Portland's growth from 1786 to 1860 spawned a unique social and cultural environment and fostered artistic opportunity and creative expression in a broad range of the arts, which flowered with the increasing wealth and opportunity in the city.

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Mary Mitchell Selmore, Pleasant Point, 1901

Holding up the Sky: Wabanaki people, culture, history, and art

Learn about Native diplomacy and obligation by exploring 13,000 years of Wabanaki residence in Maine through 17th century treaties, historic items, and contemporary artworks—from ash baskets to high fashion. Wabanaki voices contextualize present-day relevance and repercussions of 400 years of shared histories between Wabanakis and settlers to their region.