Maine Memory Network

Early Maine Photography - Portland Photographers

"… most pre Civil War Maine photographers operated studios in cities and towns, some chose the life of itinerants, moving from village to village in…"

Early Maine Photography - Studio Portraits

"Studio Portraits Studio Portrait Slideshow Click on image for full slideshow Beginning the 1840s, photographers sought to make the connection…"

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2

"… before they left or were photographed in camp studios. Large numbers of pictures of the common Maine soldier have survived, and the Maine…"

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 2 of 2

"… portraiture by using painted backgrounds in their studios. A tintype shows a formally posed young woman set against a classical railing and trees…"

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 1 of 2

"Photographer George M. Howe’s daguerreotype of Aker’s 1849 bust of Charles Stewart Daveis provides a visual record of this lost work of art."

Early Maine Photography - Human Interest

"… to be less formal and more creative in composing studio portraits. In an ambrotype, little Eleanor Bradley Peters proudly wears her large fur lined…"

Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 1 of 2

"What brought them together in a photographer’s studio – school, friendship, or family? Other group daguerreotypes in the Society’s collection are…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Mildred Thomas and Harold Sawyer, ca. 1910

"Harold was the son of Charles Sawyer who had a studio in Farmington from 1904-1920. His handpainted photographs were very popular."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

"Starbird released a series of photographs called “The Woods of Maine,” which he worked on for 20 years, between 1883 and 1903."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Oak Hotel

"Miss Oak also had a photography studio in the hotel. She had been a photographer since 1912 and wanted to expand her business."

Kennebunkport Historical Society

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Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"… interesting of the films created here was Fox Studio's 1917 feature Queen of the Sea, an oceanic adventure starring Annette Kellermann."

Otisfield Historical Society

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Bangor Public Library

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