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Item 148484

Aeolian Harp, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Media: Maple, Wire, Mahogany

Item 148479

Flute, ca. 1835

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1835 Media: Boxwood, silver, ivory, bone

Item 17941

Wooden Flute, 1890

Contributed by: New Sweden Historical Society Date: 1890 Location: New Sweden Media: Wood with ivory and metal

Online Exhibits

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Music in Maine - Music Education

"Dancing to music helps children build motor skills while allowing them to practice self-expression. For children and adults, music helps strengthen…"

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Mary Curran Leighton and musicians, Portland, ca. 1930

Music in Maine - Music stores

"1895Belfast Historical Society Music stores well instruments and sheet music for customers, and serve as a meeting place for musicians."

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Music in Maine - Country Music

"I have always enjoyed most genres of music, but country music appealed to me the most. What really captivated me were the stories told (some true…"

Site Pages

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Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ

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Ocean View Hotel porch, Swan's Island, ca. 1900

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Ocean View Hotel

"… play, come up and play different, you know, their instruments and everything. And you could hear them coming on the steamboat."

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Captain Lewis Mitchell, Portland, ca. 1855

Early Maine Photography - Occupational Photography

"… his over-the-shoulder soprano horn, a band instrument of the period. A tintype of George Allen Soule of Yarmouth shows a young man with his coat…"