Keywords: Woman artist
Item 12373
Mary Lane McMillan, Rome, 1933
Contributed by: Hollingsworth Fine Arts Date: circa 1933 Location: Rome; Belgrade Lakes Media: Printed black and white photo in original brochure
Item 12422
Contributed by: Hollingsworth Fine Arts Date: circa 1910 Location: New Rochelle; Rome Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
A City Awakes: Arts and Artisans of Early 19th Century Portland
Portland's growth from 1786 to 1860 spawned a unique social and cultural environment and fostered artistic opportunity and creative expression in a broad range of the arts, which flowered with the increasing wealth and opportunity in the city.
Exhibit
These stories -- that stretch from 1999 back to 1759 -- take you from an amusement park to the halls of Congress. There are inventors, artists, showmen, a railway agent, a man whose civic endeavors helped shape Portland, a man devoted to the pursuit of peace and one known for his military exploits, Maine's first novelist, a woman who recorded everyday life in detail, and an Indian who survived a British attack.
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Early Maine Photography - Studio Portraits
"1865Maine Historical Society Six examples of Samuel Carleton’s artistic daguerreotype portraits are found in the Vickery-Shettleworth Collection."
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"… aspect changed the whole point of view of the woman who came under its influence. Her ideals were elevated, her trust in eternal goodness and its…"
Story
One View
by Karen Jelenfy
My life as an artist in Maine.
Story
Tapestry, Seine Twine and Burlesque
by Barbara Burns
My work as a tapestry artist and dancer in Maine.
