Keywords: Early Photographic Processes
Item 28463
George Pepper, Civil War, ca. 1861
Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: circa 1861 Location: Bath; Yorktown Media: Tintype
Item 14342
Thomas Estabrooks, Houlton, ca. 1830
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1830 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print
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Eternal Images: Photographing Childhood
From the earliest days of photography doting parents from across Maine sought to capture images of their young children. The studio photographs often reflect the families' images of themselves and their status or desired status.
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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.
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Early Maine Photography - The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection
"Soon his criteria expanded to include portrait photographs of Maine people by local photographers. In junior high school, Earle Shettleworth read…"
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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3
"… just prior to the availability of the ambrotype process, which indicates that this picture is probably copied from an earlier daguerreotype."
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Tapestry, Seine Twine and Burlesque
by Barbara Burns
My work as a tapestry artist and dancer in Maine.
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A first encounter with Bath and its wonderful history
by John Decker
Visiting the Maine Maritime Museum as part of a conference