Maine Memory Network

Early Maine Photography - Art

"… is represented in a circa 1865 tintype copy of an oil painting of a man in the dress of the 1830s or 40s."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …next came the artists and rusticators.

"Oil on canvas. (Cincinnati Art Museum) X The 1844 visit of New York painter Thomas Cole (1801-1848) marked the start of Mount Desert Island’s…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Crew

"… member of the Historical Society and does silk painting. Candi's family goes back to some of the first English settlers to come to Swan's…"

Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"The putty was made of ground chalk, linseed oil, and polybutene. Slate was used for roofs, floors, paints, and blackboards."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Source Materials

"… providing access and allowing the 19th Century oil painting of Asticou by Dr. John L. Hughes to be photographed and used for this project."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4

"Finally in 1985, the clay-oil surface was replaced with a smooth asphalt racing-surface. It is the only NASCAR-sanctioned racetrack in Maine.(3)…"

Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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