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Item 6822

Venetian Dance choral program, 1912

Contributed by: Portland Public Library Date: 1892 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 6821

Leviathan March composition, 1856

Contributed by: Portland Public Library Date: 1856 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 74825

Electrical insulator, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Media: Ceramic, composite materials

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 151792

Jacobson residence plan, Tremont, ca. 1990

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1990 Location: Tremont Client: Bruce Jacobson Architect: Harris Hyman; Brecher-Hyman Associates

Online Exhibits

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George French dorm room, Bates College, ca. 1901

Maine Through the Eyes of George W. French

George French, a native of Kezar Falls and graduate of Bates College, worked at several jobs before turning to photography as his career. He served for many years as photographer for the Maine Development Commission, taking pictures intended to promote both development and tourism.

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Taverns, People, and Scenes

"… Saco painter Charles Henry Granger created this composite tavern scene using local characters in a heated debate over slavery."

Exhibit

"Thanks for the Lobster" sheet music cover, Boston, 1912

Of Note: Maine Sheet Music

Of Note: Maine Sheet Music features captivating covers of original sheet music along with stories about Maine connections to the songs. Before people had easy access to popular music from records, radios, and the internet, they played songs of the day on instruments at home, using sheet music purchased at music stores. Iconic Maine subjects like lobsters, pine trees, and winter were perfect for lyrics sung by luminaries like Rudy Vallée of Westbrook, and intricate artwork of Maine’s landscape graced the sheet music covers.

Site Pages

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Dirigo Writing Book, Farmington, 1887

"… Society Description The school composition book called the "Dirigo Writing Book for Common Schools" was published in Portland by Loring…"

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Early Maine Photography - Family Groups

"… and postures, creating a balanced but dynamic composition. More direct in approach is the ambrotype of the Patch Family of Bangor."

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Historic Hallowell - Initiative and Self-Improvement

"… a week after working a 12-hour day, and wrote compositions, essays, reports and poems, performed dialogs, enacted scenes from plays and debated."