Keywords: Drawing
Item 111847
Drawing School advertisement, Portland, 1989
Contributed by: Mechanics' Hall Date: 1989 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 111868
Drawing of the Maine Charitable Mechanic Association, Portland, 1877
Contributed by: Mechanics' Hall Date: circa 1877 Location: Portland Media: Paper and ink drawing
Item 151824
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2002 Client: Tom Tureen Architect: Paul Steelman Design Group, Inc.
Item 151757
Scale drawing of cross for St. Joseph's Church, Lewiston, ca. 1888
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1888 Location: Lewiston Client: St. Joseph's Church Architect: George M. Coombs
Exhibit
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.
Exhibit
Good Will-Hinckley: Building a Landscape
The landscape at the Good Will-Hinckley campus in Fairfield was designed to help educate and influence the orphans and other needy children at the school and home.
Site Page
Architecture & Landscape database - Plans for the Dwelling House Jos. Briggs, Winthrop, 1884
"… item is part of the Coombs Brothers architectural drawings collection. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."
Site Page
Architecture & Landscape database - Search the Database
"… commission may range from one to several hundred drawings. If an architect or designer worked on the same project over time, or if a different…"
Story
My artwork help process memories of Vietnam
by Brian Barry
My Eagle drawing won first place in the Togus Arts and Crafts show, third in the Nationals.
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
Lesson Plan
Primary Sources: The Maine Shipyard
Grade Level: 9-12
Content Area: Social Studies
This lesson plan will give students a close-up look at historical operations behind Maine's famed shipbuilding and shipping industries. Students will examine primary sources including letters, bills of lading, images, and objects, and draw informed hypotheses about the evolution of the seafaring industry and its impact on Maine’s communities over time.
Lesson Plan
Primary Sources: Daily Life in 1820
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Content Area: Social Studies
This lesson plan will give students the opportunity to explore and analyze primary source documents from the years before, during, and immediately after Maine became the 23rd state in the Union. Through close looking at documents, objects, and art from Maine during and around 1820, students will ask questions and draw informed conclusions about life at the time of statehood.
