Keywords: Photograph collections
Item 10486
Marstons Photograph House, Bangor, ca. 1875
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1875 Location: Bangor Media: Stereograph
Item 100371
Andrew Tyler Jr., Frankfort, ca. 1857
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1857 Location: Frankfort Media: Tintype
Item 150721
Additions to Home of John J. McCarthy, Lewiston, 1936
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1936 Location: Lewiston Client: John J. McCarthy Architect: Coombs Brothers Architects
Item 151034
Additions to the Gardiner Public Library for Mr. R.P. Hazzard, Gardiner, 1929-1930
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1929–1930 Location: Gardiner Client: Gardiner Public Library Architect: John P. Thomas
Exhibit
Selections from the Collections
Maine Historical Society staff come across unique and unforgettable items in our collections every day. While it's difficult to choose favorites from a dynamic collection, this exhibit features memorable highlights as selected by members of the MHS staff.
Exhibit
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 - Portland Photographers
"Five Portland photographers of this period are represented in the Maine Historical Society Collection: Marcus Ormsbee, George M."
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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…"
Story
Story of the "little nun"
by Felicia Garant
My grandmother made a nun's outfit for me
Story
This Girl Loves Seaweed
by Marianne
Marianne played with seaweed as a child now she collects photos of others with seaweed.
