Keywords: chaise
Item 148220
Portland Civil Engineer Edward Foster in a one-horse buggy, 1887
Contributed by: City of Portland - Planning & Development Date: 1887-10-24 Media: Photographic print
Item 29316
John Lord House, Hallowell, ca. 1879
Contributed by: Jim Sullivan through Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1879 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
A Celebration of Skilled Artisans
The Maine Charitable Mechanic Association, an organization formed to promote and support skilled craftsmen, celebrated civic pride and members' trades with a parade through Portland on Oct. 8, 1841 at which they displayed 17 painted linen banners with graphic and textual representations of the artisans' skills.
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.
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Old Bill, gundalow crossing Penobscot River, Bangor, 1846
"They borrowed Rufus Prince's horse, Old Bill, and chaise for the trip. When they got to Brewer, they realized the ferry crossing to Bangor would be…"
