Maine Memory Network

Early Maine Photography - Portland Photographers

"Between 1856 and 1859 Rufus Adams made a portrait of a young woman, while A. M. McKenney took a picture of a young man in 1860."

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 - Art - Page 1 of 2

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

Early Maine Photography - Art

"This uncropped photograph (at right) reveals a portrait placed before the camera on a cane seated chair."

Early Maine Photography - Human Interest

"… 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 - Occupational Photography

"Reflecting Maine’s seagoing heritage are four portrait photographs of captains whose stern faces reflect the responsibilities of commanding a ship at…"

Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 1 of 2

"… a Portland photographer, the skillfully composed portrait of Lucretia Day Sewall and five of her children is a striking image, in which the sitters…"

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 2 of 2

"… seated between a trompe l’oeil doorway and window. The window drapery is rendered in a manner reminiscent of those found in primitive portraits."

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2

"Friends at home, in return, send their portraits to the soldiers…Most of these are taken on the (tintype) plate for the reason that it is light…"

Early Maine Photography - Post-Mortem & Mourning

"Her absence is conspicuous in this touching portrait of a young family facing the future without a wife and mother."

Early Maine Photography - Occupational

"Maine occupational portraits are well represented in the Vickery-Shettleworth Collection by daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and tintypes."

Early Maine Photography - The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection

"Soon his criteria expanded to include portrait photographs of Maine people by local photographers. In junior high school, Earle Shettleworth read…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"Thus, his image is known only through portraits painted during his lifetime, including this one that has survived through a daguerreotype copy."

Early Maine Photography - MHS Early Maine Photography Collections

"The rich and diverse photograph collection at MHS is particularly strong in early photography, that is photographs dating from the 1840s through the…"

Early Maine Photography - Early Maine Photography at Maine Historical Society

"What makes a photograph "early"? Unidentified women, ca. 1860Maine Historical Society In respect to photography, the widely accepted definition…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 3

"… Portland is one of Maine’s oldest datable outdoor photographs. The handsome Federal style block in the center was built for the Maine Fire and…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"… of the 1840s and 50s rank among the earliest photographs of the city. Firemen’s musters and parades were important public events in nineteenth…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 2

"1860Maine Historical Society Early outdoor photographs are well-represented in the Vickery-Shettleworth Collection."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 3 of 3

"… also represented in the Society’s early outdoor photographs, as reflected in street scenes in South Paris and Athens."

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 1 of 2

"… lived for more than a century – long enough to be photographed in old age. Legend often states Conrad Heyer was the first white child born in the…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 1 of 3

"… Washington in 1814, she rescued the full-length portrait of George Washington from the East Room. In 1817 the Madisons returned to Montpelier…"

Early Maine Photography - Family Groups

"This three generation portrait places a grandmother at the center flanked by a mother and father. Two boys stand behind them and a third sits in…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Icons & Influencers

"… Media Icons & Influencers: Celebrity Photographs from the Evening Express , 1920-1935 America’s obsession with celebrity is nothing new."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aerial Photography

"… during World War I improved the ability to photograph from airplanes, and the modern aerial photograph was born."