Keywords: The Children's Chair
Item 14247
Child's rattan rocking chair, ca. 1800
Contributed by: Bucksport Historical Society Date: circa 1800 Location: Bucksport Media: Wood, rattan
Item 15476
Contributed by: NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Date: circa 1876 Location: Cambridge Media: Wood
Exhibit
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.
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.
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes
"1900Jesup Memorial Library Beyond simple wooden chairs and stools, there was little furniture at the encampment."
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Years on Mt. Desert Island
"The first physician came to Mt. Desert Island in 1799. Kendall Kittredge, along with his wife, Sally Whiting, arrived on MDI in 1799."
Story
Apple Time - a visit to the ancestral farm
by Randy Randall
Memories from childhood of visiting the family homestead in Limington during apple picking time.
Story
A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin
As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down
