Maine Memory Network

Blue Hill, Maine - The Musical Culture of Blue Hill

"… now accepts a total of 50 pre-professional young artists (20 violinists, 14 cellists, 9 violists and 7 pianists)."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"… Society SECTION NOTATIONS: N - NARRATIVE A - ARTISTS & INVENTORS C - CIVIL WAR M - MOVERS & SHAKERS S - SHIPBUILDING T - THURSDAY CLUB Annual…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 1 of 4

"… Wood and John Roundy sailed "downeast" from the Boston colony to a sheltering bay at the foot of the blue hill."

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"Rusticators were primarily from Boston, New York, Philadelphia, New Jersey, and some from as far away as Ohio."

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"Residents of the Boston colony quickly sought permission to settle the area as hostilities ended. Joseph Wood and John Roundy added their names in…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… founders, was director of an opera company in Boston. They were soon joined by other prominent musicians including renowned violinist Franz…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4

"… and shipping them by train from Ellsworth to Boston. Some farmers hung on and there were at least five commercial dairies in town before the Second…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 10 of 17

"… the attack on Fort Sumter was not likely, because Boston papers stated that Confederate President Jefferson Davis had telegraphed to Charleston not…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 2 of 3

"… Company, whose main owner was Charles Bradbury of Boston. He hired Samuel Batchelder, who made the mill a success."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Bar Harbor: Building of Arts

"… disturbing influences which are necessary to all artistic accomplishment." It was believed that this “opportunity is one of true public advantage…"

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 1 of 2

"Warren. While Leland’s artist remains unknown, the Day portrait was the work of Portland portrait painter Charles O. Cole."

Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"The most popular of these artists was Water M. Campbell of Boston, who was active as an architectural illustrator from 1910 until his death in 1945."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - IV. Engulfed by nationalism: Revolutionary Biddeford

"Most of these products were sold in Boston, Providence and New York City. Drew's Mill, Biddeford, 1909McArthur Public Library Lumber and other…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies

"… members had their portraits painted by Famed artist John Singleton Copley, who perhaps uncoincidentally was allegedly indebted to Gardiner for a…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"So-called Rusticators -- artists, wealthy educators, clergy, and later industrialists from these cities -- were seeking an escape to unspoiled nature…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Cottagers

"… and visitors who were inclined toward nature and artistic or intellectual pursuits. Overall, their homes and hotels were less extravagant than…"

Early Maine Photography - Portland Photographers

"Hanscom, who signed himself as a "traveling artist" on a circa 1860 ambrotype of Adam Winslow and his grandson Adam."

Architecture & Landscape database - Gridley Barrows

"His father was an engineer, and his mother was an artist. Barrows graduated from Philips Exeter in 1929 and from Harvard in 1934."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"And these artists' paintings convinced wealthy east-coast businessmen and their families that the island was worth the journey."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… slides of artwork commissioned from various local artists provided a backdrop for performances. The SOC performed throughout Maine in 1985."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"Naturalists mingled with artists and writers; the distinctions between “professional” and “amateur” were fuzzy at best."

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"He was an artist and he painted pictures of religious subjects. The natives were fond of a bell that Father Rasle had."

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"Norman Martin, a Bangor commercial artist, designed the 31-foot-high statue of the mythical lumberjack On the 250th anniversary of Bangor, people…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… making, photography and various forms of artists' paintings. These crafts still flourish on the island, and are sold at various outlets, most…"