Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Rustic furniture, Bangor, 1865

"… my vacant hours in making a rustick armed chair, a Gothic oval chair a Sofa and Grape trellis." Martin, an accountant, gardener, and architecture…"

Historic Hallowell - Johnny Stringer ~ A Character of Industry

"… in Hallowell still boasts of its "Johnny Stringer chair," which is regarded as a precious heirloom. A Johnny Stringer chair is on display at the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Memorial Library, tables & fireplace, 1924

"… features of the library including tables, chairs, and fireplace. Many of the same features have been preserved and can be seen the library today…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook Train Station, Presque Isle, ca. 1908

"… high, requiring clerk to stand or use a very high chair. This clerk has a phone. A light bulb extends from the high ceiling."

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Memorial Library, 1924

"… beautiful original furniture including tables, chairs, check-out desk, and podium. Many of these pieces are still in use at the library today."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Ada Martin, Bangor, 1865

"… hobby sitting by a window all alone in a rocking chair her foot on another chair reading." View additional information about this item on the…"

Bangor Police Museum

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - "Good the more communicated, the more abundant grows" : The Thursday Club

"… grows" : The Thursday Club "Rocking Chair Row" program, Biddeford, 1930Biddeford Historical Society The club, from the beginning…"

Guilford, Maine - CONTACT US

"… ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD Carrie Fellows, GEDB Chair/MCHP Member MCHP Events Coordinator - 876-3407 PISCATAQUIS COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL Rex Webb…"

Early Maine Photography - Studio Portraits

"… is seated in an elaborately carved Gothic Revival chair. Photographers in smaller communities sometimes relied on painted backgrounds in place of…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"1900Jesup Memorial Library Beyond simple wooden chairs and stools, there was little furniture at the encampment."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Years on Mt. Desert Island

"… his wife, Sally Whiting, arrived on MDI in 1799. (See picture of chair at left that once belonged to Dr. Kittredge.) The Division of MDI Begins"

Guilford, Maine - PROJECT OVERVIEW - Page 2 of 2

"Carrie Fellows, GEDB Chair Guilford Town Office – The administrative office for the town; lent a hand with the historical narrative and other…"

Stockholm Historical Society

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Illustrations

"… his children, himself, his house and gardens, chairs he built, fashions of various eras, numerous buildings, including churches, schools…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Ocean View Hotel

"… though it was said of him that he 'had a rocking chair permanently attached to his butt.' Lilla Moulden owned and operated the Ocean View Hotel…"

Early Maine Photography - Human Interest

"… is young Ernest Perry, who stands next to a chair with his drum. Eleanor Peters, ca. 1860Maine Historical Society A daguerreotype and a…"

Early Maine Photography - Portland Photographers

"… face and her informal pose in a large Victorian chair capture the spirit of childhood in an ambrotype made about 1858."

Early Maine Photography - Art

"… placed before the camera on a cane seated chair. The unframed portrait shows a man in formal clothing writing with a quill pen."

Architecture & Landscape database - Eaton W. Tarbell

"… member and the next year was appointed its chair. Gropius replaced the traditional Beaux Arts curriculum with that of the International Style he…"

Westport Island History Committee

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Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"(Chair rail was known bullhead rail and the “chair” held the rail to the ties.) The railroad operated six locomotives, two carriages for passengers…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry

"… handles, whiffle-trees, snowshoes and perforated chair seats. It was later converted to a long lumber mill."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm

"… handles, whiffle–trees, snowshoes and perforated chair seats. Then it was a lumber mill. This company also had its own store called the Veneer Hall…"