Maine Memory Network

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…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Lost Gardens of Eden

"… if its natural resources, but the discovery by artists in the 19th century brought word and vision of its powerful natural beauty to a greater…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"Many important artists performed on the stage of the Building of the Arts: for example, opera singer Emma Eames and her husband Emilio de Gogorza…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Patten Free Library

"… and a daughter named Dahlov Ipcar who is an artist that made the children's room mural. Center Street, Bath, ca."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rusticators come to MDI

"Desert Island. Artists, including Frederick Church, came to the island to visit, and took away beautiful images of places on MDI."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"The SOC performed throughout Maine in 1985. Nowick brought the group to perform in Kyoto, Japan where he had lived for 15 years studying Zen and…"

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"… provided needed summer employment and allowed artists to focus on their craft away from the city in a more relaxed country setting."

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 2 of 3

"… to early-nineteenth century portraits by artists such as Gilbert Stuart, Thomas Gainsborough and Henry Raeburn."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Performance

"… events and parades to exemplify the cultural and artistic history and diversity of the area and eventually he took his act far beyond Mount Desert…"

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…"

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 Today

"A smattering of writers, artists, and musicians seek their muses in this idyllic setting. A few people strive to subsist off the land by growing…"

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."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…

"They made beautiful baskets and did beautiful bead work.” ...next came the artists and rusticators."

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."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 3 of 4

"Although some artists use ink today for certain pictures, we mostly use pens that do not require refilling of ink."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"Word of mouth from artists and ship crews began to draw visitors each summer in order to get a glimpse of the magical place."