Keywords: half plate
Item 104457
Unitarian Church, Castine, ca. 1860
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: Castine Media: Ambrotype
Item 104460
Daguerreotype of Sarah Sullivan Richards, Gardiner, ca. 1847
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1847 Location: Gardiner Media: Daguerreotype
Exhibit
Lincoln County through the Eastern Eye
The Penobscot Marine Museum’s photography collections include nearly 50,000 glass plate negatives of images for "real photo" postcards produced by the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast. This exhibit features postcards from Lincoln County.
Exhibit
Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In
Adorning oneself to look one's "best" has varied over time, gender, economic class, and by event. Adornments suggest one's sense of identity and one's intent to stand out or fit in.
Site Page
Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 1 of 2
"A half plate daguerreotype by the Portland photographer Samuel L. Carleton shows twenty-nine club members seated or standing in rows."
Site Page
Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2
"… soldiers…Most of these are taken on the (tintype) plate for the reason that it is light, durable, and easily sent in a letter." John Mahoney…"
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
