Maine Memory Network

Knox side chair, ca. 1790

Contributed by: The General Henry Knox Museum Date: circa 1790 Location: Thomaston Media: Mahogany, leather

George Walter Hinckley sitting in the Black Wolf Seat, ca. 1912

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: circa 1912 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print

People, Pets & Portraits

Informal family photos often include family pets -- but formal, studio portraits and paintings also often feature one person and one pet, in formal attire and pose.

Chansonetta Stanley Emmons: Staging the Past

Chansonetta Stanley Emmons (1858-1937) of Kingfield, Maine, experimented with the burgeoning artform of photography. Starting in 1897, Emmons documented the lives of people, many in rural and agricultural regions in Maine and around the world. Often described as recalling a bygone era, this exhibition features glass plate negatives and painted lantern slides from the collections of the Stanley Museum in Kingfield on deposit at Maine Historical Society, that present a time of rapid change, from 1897 to 1926.

Early Maine Photography - Studio Portraits

"… is seated in an elaborately carved Gothic Revival chair. Photographers in smaller communities sometimes relied on painted backgrounds in place of…"

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."

Harold's Garage, Rome Hollow, Maine
by Mimi C

Story about Harold Hawes, owner of Harold's garage and self-styled auctioneer in Rome Hollow, Maine

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.