Maine Memory Network

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"… event in Portland history, but provide detailed photographic views of what was then the city’s principal thoroughfare."

Early Maine Photography - Art

"Others used photography to document their work and expose it to a wider audience. Individuals and families used the photographic medium to copy a…"

Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 1 of 2

"A half plate daguerreotype by the Portland photographer Samuel L. Carleton shows twenty-nine club members seated or standing in rows."

Early Maine Photography - Occupational

"… nineteenth century, individuals often chose to be photographed in the clothing of their trade or profession, enhancing the image by holding the…"

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 2 of 2

"1860Maine Historical Society Photographers sought to create the effect of portraiture by using painted backgrounds in their studios."

Early Maine Photography - Human Interest

"1854Maine Historical Society While most early photographers created formal images of their sitters, some portrayed their subjects with a touch of…"

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 - 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

"In 1829 he started the Portland Courier, in which he published his Jack Downing letters. When the letters first appeared in book form in 1833…"

Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 2 of 2

"1855Maine Historical Society Revealing contrasts are found as well in the daguerreotypes of the cosmopolitan Deering sisters of Portland and their…"

Early Maine Photography - Family Groups

"In a daguerreotype by Samuel L. Carleton of Portland, the serious countenances of a father, mother, and their son are tempered by the affectionate…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3

"… in 1868, William Pitt Fessenden (1806-1869) of Portland was one of seven Republicans to vote against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson

"He was also active in Portland musical organizations. Dying at the age of 61, Tompson was eulogized by the Portland Evening Express on February 3…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John Calvin Stevens

"Upon graduating from Portland High School in 1873, he entered the office of Francis H. Fassett, the city’s leading architect."

Architecture & Landscape database - Database Overview

"… and presentations to include specifications, photographs, models, and supplemental materials. For the purposes of this site, the word "commission"…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Gridley Barrows

"He made an extensive photographic record of Lewiston architecture, using his pictures in lectures and publications to promote awareness of the city’s…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Lost Gardens of Eden

"Through surviving photographs and drawing we revisit a number of Bar Harbor’s most famous gardens – most of which have been lost forever to neglect…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Search the Database

"On occasion, photographs, specifications or other supplemental materials are included in a commission, or exist in the database as a stand alone…"

Walker Memorial Library

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Guilford, Maine - PROJECT OVERVIEW - Page 1 of 2

"… an overview of the narrative, some historic photographs, and an old-fashioned storyboard exhibit."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 1 of 3

"… January, 2012, at the Maine Historical Society in Portland. The three teams learned to build their exhibits and websites for their projects."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"She took a job on the Portland Transcript in 1855, and the next year published her first book of poetry, Forest Buds from the Woods of Maine, under…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 3 of 3

"… of 24 Lodges assembled at Masons' Hall in Portland to organize the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Maine."

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"Photographer Kate Philbrick and radio producer Rob Rosenthal produced Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold in collaboration with WMPG-FM and the…"