Keywords: children's furniture
Item 99787
Hudon Furniture Company, Main Street, Dixfield, 1947
Contributed by: Dixfield Historical Society Date: 1947 Location: Dixfield Media: Photographic print
Item 17128
Child's rocking chair, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Littleton Media: Wood
Exhibit
Art of the People: Folk Art in Maine
For many different reasons people saved and carefully preserved the objects in this exhibit. Eventually, along with the memories they hold, the objects were passed to the Maine Historical Society. Object and memory, serve as a powerful way to explore history and to connect to the lives of people in the past.
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.
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Rustic furniture, Bangor, 1865
"Rustic furniture, Bangor, 1865 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin (1823-1904) of…"
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John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin house floor plan, Bangor, 1864
"… of the ground floor inside and locate some of the furniture which will be familiar to them perhaps as long as they live." Only two of the Martin…"
