Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Presque Isle Memorials 1900

"Also shows tools used to carve memorials.On back is written: T. Barney Thompson T.B. Thompson. Presque Isle Memorial 1900 Mostly Marble in those…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 6 of 6

"Savage in 1959. The hand carving of the lettering panels was crafted by Savage and the carving of each pictorial panel was executed by Savage's…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment

"… orders for items such as personalized hand-carved paddles, and occasionally, to have their fortunes told."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - A Short History of Mount Desert Island

"… beauty, where hardy people worked together to carve life and a community out of the rugged landscape. It was first inhabited by native peoples."

Historic Hallowell - One of Many Monuments

"… is 216 times life size, and took one year to carve. Her outstretched arm is 19 feet 10 1/2 inches long and her forehead is 13 feet 7 inches in…"

Early Maine Photography - Studio Portraits

"… images, the subject is seated in an elaborately carved Gothic Revival chair. Photographers in smaller communities sometimes relied on painted…"

Historic Hallowell - Carvers and Quarrymen

"… peerless in statuary work, carrying on the long carving tradition of their home countries. Granite Workers, Hallowell Granite Works…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilders, Sailors and Whaling Men

"Allen’s special talent was the carving of ships’ figureheads. The family of Allen and Charity (Pierce) Drew included five sons, three of whom were…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 2

"… a fanciful overlay of wooden Gothic Revival carving inspired by the Cathedral of Milan. When the first of two daguerreotypes were taken, the ell…"

Historic Hallowell - Whaling

"Rock carvings have shown several whales being surrounded by boats as if they were being whaled. During the 11th century, the Basques realized that…"

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"… called Canaan, and early 19th century settlers carved homes and farms from the wilderness. They used waterpower from the fast flowing Kennebec…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons

"Carved and painted into the buttons are various designs: lines and dots, animals, words, the faces of coins, and more."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Old Church on the Hill

"… sounding-board suspended above his head by a well carved hand and arm let down from the ceiling, as if from a concealed giant reclining above it.”…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"… wherever there was a small field of stone to be carved by an individual. These were named for their characteristic of “moving” whenever the rock…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4

"… in the war (only fifty-five names were actually carved into the monument). A stone marks his grave next to his parents at Oak Hill Cemetery in…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"Carved in stone above the door of the hospital’s main entrance, the shield was also worn on student nurses’ pins."

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"… at 8 Asticou Way, and one can still see hand-carved graffiti of John C. Savage’s hired hand, Harry Merchant, in the roof sheathing boards which…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"… wire bridge is attached to that has the year 1842 carved into it, so there are doubts on both sides."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"… proud of his Industrial Town of Rumford that he carved out and transformed from a slow moving agricultural land to a thriving town known across the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"And carved your name forever in the Racing Hall of Fame. Presque Isle Historical Society This photo, from 1921, features John R Braden and his…"