Keywords: Paint decorated
Item 11350
Thumb back fancy painted arm chair, Portland, ca. 1830
Contributed by: Old York Historical Society Date: circa 1830 Location: York; St. Albans; Portland Media: Maple, ash and birch primary woods
Item 28728
Middle-class ladies painting, reading and knitting in 1887
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1887 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 53873
46 Cross Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Albion H. Brown Use: Paint Shop
Exhibit
Mural mystery in Westport Island's Cornelius Tarbox, Jr. House
The Cornelius Tarbox, Jr. House, a well-preserved Greek Revival house on Westport Island, has a mystery contained within--a panoramic narrative mural. The floor-to-ceiling mural contains eight painted panels that create a colorful coastal seascape which extends through the front hallway and up the stairwell. The name of the itinerant painter has been lost over time, can you help us solve the mystery of who he or she was?
Exhibit
Art of the People: Folk Art in Maine
For many different reasons people saved and carefully preserved the objects in this exhibit. Eventually, along with the memories they hold, the objects were passed to the Maine Historical Society. Object and memory, serve as a powerful way to explore history and to connect to the lives of people in the past.
Site Page
Early Maine Photography - Studio Portraits
"Similarly, a fireman from Skowhegan and John Chase of Unity are seated in front of folk art backdrops painted in maritime themes."
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Architect James Overlock
"… saws and circular saws, which were used to make decorative treatments in moldings, brackets, dentils, and window and balcony details."
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.
