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Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum

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Early Maine Photography - Occupational

"… the details of these garments with gold paint. The Masonic theme is also present in the Corinthian columns of the mat that frames the image."

Maine's Road to Statehood - After the War: The First Victory for Separationists

"… The "Boxer" and "Enterprise," Monhegan, 1831 This painting depicts an 1813 battle between the U.S. Brig Enterprise and the British Brig Boxer off…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"… elevation, this engaging presentation drawing is painted in watercolors with skillful shading and shadowing."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies

"… several of his family members had their portraits painted by Famed artist John Singleton Copley, who perhaps uncoincidentally was allegedly…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"The painting is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. As upset as he was with the "negative" changes in society and…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… to Williams Brothers stood a fish market, paint shop, movie and dance hall and an ice cream shop owned by E. M. Randlett."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"… covers the caramel it was originally before being painted white. Terry's Chevron StationPatten Free Library With the beginning of the age of…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"It needed painting, new gutters, roof repairs, basement windows and other miscellaneous repairs. The main entrance was moved from the front to the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… Island’s landscapes through pencil sketches and paintings that were finished, shared and published back in their home cities. According to A.C."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old House (circa 1820-2013)

"The Old House (circa 1820-2013) Painting of Asticou ca. 1860-1870Northeast Harbor Library The Old House built, by A.C."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"Road Signs after re-painting, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1955Mount Desert Island Historical Society Road Signs, Northeast Harbor, ca."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland Community Library

"Various community members finished and painted the interior and donated carpeting and other materials."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"… the South Smokehouse with the row of “windows” painted the bright red that John McCurdy favored. On the roof peak there was a fixed ventilator."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"… and the bricks that make up the outer facade are painted green, yellow, and tan. The Church Block is a three-story building."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"… meeting room and a kitchen that was furnished and painted. The town got an International Fire Truck in 1956."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"… where he drew inspiration for his famous marine paintings. Lewis L. Litchfield Lewis Litchfield, station agent for the Boston & Maine Railroad in…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"Schools built at that time were usually one room, painted red, and stood at the top of a hill. Abbott School, Mexico, ca."

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."

Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

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."

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."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"Stetson & Son billboard that was painted onto the side of the Ledyard Block which told the company name on that side and advertised furnaces."

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"Butler. The house was originally painted eight different colors. Shoreacre has changed over time and become significantly bigger."