2024-03-29T06:21:56Z
http://api.mainememory.net/oai
oai:mainememory.net:28943
2017-07-05T17:55:55Z
contributor:msm
A daguerreotype portrait of Galen Jerome Brewer (1819-1894), a folk artist and commercial silhouette artist.
He was born in 1819 in Brewer Village, named for his grandfather, Colonel John Brewer, who established the first grist mills at the site of what today is South Brewer.
Galen Jerome Brewer was a farmer, carpenter, bass violin player, music teacher, and vocalist in the community choir. He also served as secretary to the Brewer Village Lyceum and was appointed to help write the mission and policies of the first Brewer Village Public Library.
Daguerreotype
http://www.mainememory.net/item/28943
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Daguerreotypes
Brewer, Galen Jerome--Portraits
Portrait photographs
Artists--Maine
Folk artists--Maine
Brewer, Galen Jerome
Galen Jerome Brewer, 1844
Image
1844
7.9 cm x 9.2 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/28943.JPG
Maine State Museum
Brewer, Penobscot County, ME, USA
1844
oai:mainememory.net:28989
2017-07-05T17:55:56Z
contributor:msm
This image of Portland Breakwater illustrates the new lighthouse structure built in 1875, modeled after the Greek Choragic Monument of Lysicrates from the fourth century B.C. Known locally as "Bug Light," the cast-iron tower sits on a cylinder surrounded by six fluted columns. The station was established in 1855. The lighthouse was automated in 1934 but discontinued in 1942. Bug Light was "relighted" in 2002.
Glass Negative
http://www.mainememory.net/item/28989
82.6.26
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Architectural elements
Portland Breakwater Lighthouse (Me.)--Photographs
Historic buildings--Maine--Portland
Lighthouses--Maine
Portland Harbor (Me.)
Sailboats--Maine
Portland Breakwater and Lighthouse, ca. 1875
Image
circa 1875
10.2 cm x 12.7 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/28989.JPG
Maine State Museum
South Portland, Cumberland County, ME, USA
circa 1875
oai:mainememory.net:28990
2017-07-05T17:55:56Z
contributor:msm
First established as a station in 1855, this image of Portland Breakwater illustrates the new lighthouse structure built atop a granite ledge in 1875. A wooden Keeper's House was added in 1889. Shown here is the keeper's house before two additional rooms and an attic were added in 1903.
Glass Negative
http://www.mainememory.net/item/28990
82.6.27
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Historic buildings--Maine--Portland
Portland Breakwater Lighthouse (Me.)--Photographs
Architectural elements
Lighthouses--Maine
Lighthouse keepers--Maine
Buildings--Maine--South Portland
Portland Harbor (Me.)
Dwellings--Maine--South Portland
Portland Breakwater Lighthouse and Keeper's House, ca. 1889
Image
circa 1889
10.2 cm x 12.7 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/28990.JPG
Maine State Museum
South Portland, Cumberland County, ME, USA
circa 1889
oai:mainememory.net:28991
2017-07-05T17:55:56Z
contributor:msm
Late on Christmas Eve in 1886, the three masted bark <em>Annie C. Maguire</em> struck the ledge about 100 yards off shore near Portland Head Light in Cape Elizabeth.
The ship was heading for Portland Harbor from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Glass Negative
http://www.mainememory.net/item/28991
82.6.63
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Clipper ships
Marine accidents--Maine--Cape Elizabeth
Annie C. Maguire (Ship)
Ships--Maine--Cape Elizabeth
Shipwrecks--Maine--Cape Elizabeth
Sailors
Crew aboard Annie C. Maguire, ca. 1886
Image
circa 1886
10.2 cm x 12.7 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/28991.JPG
Maine State Museum
Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County, ME, USA
1886
oai:mainememory.net:28992
2017-07-05T17:55:56Z
contributor:msm
Image of Portland Breakwater and Lighthouse (Bug Light) in South Portland, taken sometime between 1875 and 1889. A man is visible, standing next to the lighthouse door. The steamer ship "Tremont" travels by in the distance. The ship was owned and operated by the Portland Steam Packet Company, that had been started in 1844 by Maine businessmen to renew nightime steamship service between Boston and Portland. The company stayed in service until 1901.
Glass Negative
http://www.mainememory.net/item/28992
82.6.134
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Lighthouses--Maine
Historic buildings--Maine--Portland
Portland Breakwater Lighthouse (Me.)
Portland Harbor (Me.)
Tremont (Ship)
Ferries--Maine
Side wheelers--Maine
Sidewheeler Tremont and Portland Breakwater Light, ca. 1875
Image
circa 1875
10.2 cm x 12.7 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/28992.JPG
Maine State Museum
South Portland, Cumberland County, ME, USA
circa 1875
oai:mainememory.net:61118
2017-09-19T08:57:21Z
contributor:msm
oai:mainememory.net:61122
2017-09-19T08:57:21Z
contributor:msm
oai:mainememory.net:17582
2018-10-18T08:26:11Z
contributor:msm
Author Dudley C. Lunt used this Adirondack-style pack basket on Maine wilderness trips in the 1920s. The basket is covered in canvas.
Wood, canvas
http://www.mainememory.net/item/17582
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Authors, American
Lunt, Dudley Cammett, (1896-)
Camping--Maine
Hiking--Maine
Equipment and supplies
Lunt, Dudley C.
Pack basket, ca. 1920
Physical Object
circa 1920
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/17582.JPG
Maine State Museum
ME, USA
circa 1920
oai:mainememory.net:25183
2018-10-18T08:27:45Z
contributor:msm
Tass
Samantha Smith, center, 11, of Manchester, at Artek, a Young Pioneer Camp in Gurzuf, Crimea, on the Black Sea.
Smith and her parents, Arthur and Jane Smith, spent two weeks in the Soviet Union as guests of Soviet leader Yuri Andropov after Samantha wrote to him about his intentions concerning war and advocated for peace.
Artek was a camp for elite Soviet youth -- children of Communist Party members and the best students.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/25183
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Camps--Ukraine
Girls
Cold War
Artek Pioneer Camp (Ukraine)
Black Sea
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Travel
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Correspondence
Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich, 1914-1984--Correspondence
Political activity
International relations
Peace
Letters
Children and peace
Smith, Samantha
Samantha Smith at Artek Camp, Soviet Union, 1983
Image
1983
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/25183.JPG
Maine State Museum
Ukraine
1983
oai:mainememory.net:25207
2018-10-18T08:27:45Z
contributor:msm
A kokoshnik, a traditional headdress, along with the sarafan, the folk dress, that Samantha Smith, 11, of Manchester, was given when she visited Moscow in 1983.
The Moscow Pioneers (a Soviet Union youth organization) made the pearl-decorated kokoshnik.
Smith had written to Soviet leader Yuri Andropov expressing her concerns about nuclear war. He wrote back to reassure her and invited her and her parents, Jane and Arthur Smith, to visit the Soviet Union in July 1983.
Samantha wore the costume several times and appeared in it on the cover of <em>Soviet Life</em> magazine. The dress and pearl headdress are the Russian national costume.
Cotton
http://www.mainememory.net/item/25207
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich, 1914-1984--Correspondence
Cold War
International relations
Letters
Peace
Political activity
Russians--Clothing & dress
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Correspondence
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Travel
Smith, Samantha
Sarafan outfit, Moscow, 1983
Image
1983
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/25207.JPG
Maine State Museum
UR
1983
oai:mainememory.net:25184
2018-10-18T08:27:47Z
contributor:msm
Maine. Legislature
The Maine Legislature issued a proclamation honoring Samantha Smith, 10, of Manchester, calling her "Maine's foreign diplomat."
The proclamation noted that Smith's letter to Soviet Union leader Yuri Andropov had been published in the Communist Party newspaper <em>Pravda</em> and had received national attention. She had asked him his intentions about war and had advocated for peace.
Several months later, Smith and her parents, Arthur and Jane Smith, traveled to the Soviet Union as Andropov's guests.
Ink on paper
http://www.mainememory.net/item/25184
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
International relations
Letters
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Travel
Political activity
Peace
Cold War
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Correspondence
Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich, 1914-1984--Correspondence
Proclamations
Children and peace
Smith, Samantha
Proclamation honoring Samantha Smith, 1983
Text
1983-04-27
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/25184.JPG
Maine State Museum
ME, USA
1983
oai:mainememory.net:25188
2018-10-18T08:27:47Z
contributor:msm
A uniform of the Soviet Union Young Pioneer camp, Artek, that was given to Samantha Smith, 11, of Manchester, when she visited there in July 1983. She did not wear the red scarf which designated membership in the Young Pioneers.
The camp in the Crimea on the Black Sea was for elite youth and top students. Smith spent several days there while she and her parents were in the Soviet Union at the invitation of leader Yuri Andropov.
Samantha had written to him asking about war and his plans. He replied and assured her that he wanted peace and invited her to visit the Soviet Union.
Cotton
http://www.mainememory.net/item/25188
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Artek Pioneer Camp (Ukraine)
International relations
Ukrainians--Clothing and dress
Political activity
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Associated objects
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Travel
Cold War
Children and peace
Peace
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Correspondence
Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich, 1914-1984--Correspondence
Smith, Samantha
Samantha Smith Artek uniform, 1983
Physical Object
circa 1983
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/25188.JPG
Maine State Museum
Ukraine
circa 1983
oai:mainememory.net:25344
2018-10-18T08:27:47Z
contributor:msm
Alla Sizova, prima ballerina of the Kirov Ballet in Leningrad, gave these autographed toe shoes to Samantha Smith of Manchester after a ballet performance during Smith's visit to the Soviet Union at the invitation of Soviet leader Yuri Andropov.
Smith had written to the Soviet leader and expressed her concerns about nuclear war.
Silk, wood
http://www.mainememory.net/item/25344
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Ballerinas
Shoes
Sizova, Alla, (1939-)--Associated objects
Children and peace
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Friends & associates
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Travel
Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich, 1914-1984--Correspondence
International relations
Slippers
Cold War
Sizova, Alla, (1939-)--Autographs
Peace
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Correspondence
Political activity
Sizova, Alla
Smith, Samantha
Alla Sizova toe shoes, Leningrad, 1983
Physical Object
1983
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/25344.JPG
Maine State Museum
Leningrad, Russia
1983
oai:mainememory.net:28768
2018-10-18T08:28:27Z
contributor:msm
After several failed attempts and pressure from competing explorers, Maine resident Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary claimed his arrival at the North Pole on April 6, 1909.
Peary reached the 90° latitude with the help of Matthew Henson, his African-American assistant, and four Inuit men: Ootah, Egigingwah, Seegloo, and Ooqueah. Although still debated, the United States Government officially recognized the group in 1911 as the first to reach the North Pole.
This autographed photo of Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary in eskimo costume was most likely issued for publicity purposes.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/28768
64.4.1
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Peary, Robert Edwin, 1856-1920--Portrait photographs
Arctic Regions--Discovery and exploration
North Pole--Discovery and exploration
Explorers
Peary, Robert E.
Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary, ca. 1909
Image
circa 1909
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/28768.JPG
Peary Collection
Maine State Museum
ME, USA
circa 1909
oai:mainememory.net:28774
2018-10-18T08:28:27Z
contributor:msm
Shown here in dress uniform, Maine resident Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary claimed his arrival at the North Pole on April 6, 1909.
Peary reached the 90° latitude with the help of Matthew Henson, his African-American assistant, and four Inuit men: Ootah, Egigingwah, Seegloo, and Ooqueah. Although still debated, the United States Government officially recognized the group in 1911 as the first to reach the North Pole.
Peary made his home on Eagle Island, a site today operated and maintained by Maine's Bureau of Parks and Lands.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/28774
64.4.5
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Arctic Regions--Discovery and exploration
Peary, Robert Edwin, 1856-1920--Portrait photographs
North Pole--Discovery and exploration
Explorers
Peary, Robert E.
Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary in dress uniform, ca. 1910
Image
circa 1910
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/28774.JPG
Peary Collection
Maine State Museum
ME, USA
circa 1910
oai:mainememory.net:28775
2018-10-18T08:28:27Z
contributor:msm
Mrs. Josephine Diebitsch Peary, wife of Arctic explorer Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary. In 1891 Josephine accompanied her husband on the first of several trips to Greenland. Two years later she published "My Arctic Journal", documenting her experiences in Greenland.
On her fiftieth birthday in 1913, Peary gave his wife an exquisite necklace of Maine tourmaline and gold as a token of his affection for her. Mrs. Peary is wearing the necklace in this image.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/28775
64.4.6
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Peary, Josephine--Portrait photographs
Peary, Josephine--Associated objects
Necklaces
Tourmaline
Peary, Robert Edwin, 1856-1920--Family
Arctic Regions--Discovery and exploration
North Pole--Discovery and exploration
Explorers
Women authors
Peary, Josephine
Josephine Peary, ca. 1913
Image
circa 1913
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/28775.JPG
Peary Collection
Maine State Museum
ME, USA
circa 1913
oai:mainememory.net:28942
2018-10-18T08:28:30Z
contributor:msm
Randlett
A view of the cabins at Kineowatha Camps in Wilton. Kineowatha began as a girls camp in 1914, started by Elisabeth Bass and Irving McColl.
Glass Negative
http://www.mainememory.net/item/28942
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Camps--Maine--Wilton
Kineowatha Camps (Wilton, Me.)
Kineowatha Camps, Wilton, ca. 1920
Image
circa 1920
12.7 cm x 17.8 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/28942.JPG
Maine State Museum
Wilton, Franklin County, ME, USA
circa 1920
oai:mainememory.net:28974
2018-10-18T08:28:30Z
contributor:msm
An image of Portland Head Light taken in the early twentieth century. Commissioned by George Washington, the lighthouse was built in 1791.
Glass Negative
http://www.mainememory.net/item/28974
82.6.20
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Portland Head Light (Cape Elizabeth, Me.)
Lighthouses--Maine--Cape Elizabeth
Portland Head Light, ca. 1910
Image
circa 1910
10.2 cm x 12.7 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/28974.JPG
Maine State Museum
Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County, ME, USA
circa 1910
oai:mainememory.net:29098
2018-10-18T08:28:33Z
contributor:msm
A view of a Maine Central train and steamship with passengers and crew at Sebago Lake early in the 20th century. Look closely to see a man lying under the train engine, behind the first wheel.
Glass Negative
http://www.mainememory.net/item/29098
94.79.1
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Transportation--Maine
Steamboats--Maine
Sebago Lake (Me.)
Ferries--Maine
Maine Central Railroad Company
Railroads--Maine
Lakes & ponds--Maine
Steamer and train, Sebago Lake, ca. 1900
Image
circa 1900
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/29098.JPG
Maine State Museum
Sebago Lake, Cumberland County, ME, USA
circa 1900
oai:mainememory.net:17597
2018-10-31T08:38:06Z
contributor:msm
Zippo for the Mosquito was an insect repellent marketed by Priest Drug Co. of Bangor.
The bottle reads: "Contents 3 ounces/Priest's [written in the form of a cross]/ZIPPO/for the/MOSQUITO/Black Flies, Minges, and Other Insect Pests/THE FISHERMAN'S and/WOODMAN'S COMFORT/DIRECTIONS: Apply freely to/all parts of the body/PRIEST DRUG CO., Bangor, Maine."
Glass, liquid
http://www.mainememory.net/item/17597
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Camping--Maine
Insects
Mosquitos
Insect baits and repellents
Zippo for the Mosquito, ca. 1900
Physical Object
circa 1900
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/17597.JPG
Maine State Museum
ME, USA
circa 1900
oai:mainememory.net:17598
2018-10-31T08:38:06Z
contributor:msm
Thurston & Kingsbury Company
This insect repellent was distributed by a Bangor company.
The bottle reads:
"Trade T & K Mark/Sportsman's/Friend/Keeps Flies and Mosquitoes/from Man and Beast/RUB ON EXPOSED PARTS/It will do the rest/If Animals have sores caused/by FLY BITES, it will heal/as well as keep the pests/away./4 Fluid Ounces/PUT UP BY/THURSTON & KINGSBURY CO./Bangor, Maine"
Glass, liquid
http://www.mainememory.net/item/17598
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Mosquitos
Insect baits and repellents
Insects
Camping--Maine
T & K Sportsman's Friend, ca. 1900
Physical Object
circa 1900
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/17598.JPG
Maine State Museum
Bangor, Penobscot County, ME, USA
circa 1900
oai:mainememory.net:9598
2022-06-29T05:20:39Z
contributor:msm
Nathaniel Dearborn
Map of Northern Maine depicting the disposition of Maine Militia, U.S. Army and British troops during the border dispute known as the Aroostook War. The conflict was settled by the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842 establishing the present Maine border with Canada.
The positions were plotted by an eye witness, 1843.
Ink on paper
http://www.mainememory.net/item/9598
78.6.1
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Aroostook River (Me.)--Maps, Manuscript--19th century
Canada--Boundaries--United States
Northeast boundary of the United States
Pictorial maps--Maine
Saint John River (Me. and N.B.)--Maps, Manuscript--19th century
United States--Boundaries--Canada
Plan of the British and American positions, Aroostook War, 1843
Text and Image
1843
26 cm x 28 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/9598.JPG
Maine State Museum
Aroostook County, ME, USA
Aroostook County, ME, USA
1843
oai:mainememory.net:25168
2022-06-29T05:27:35Z
contributor:msm
Arthur Smith
Samantha Smith (1972-1985) of Manchester in Yalta where she visited Livadia Palace with a group of fellow campers from a Soviet Union Young Pioneer camp, Artek, at Gursuf in the Crimea on the Black Sea.
Smith visited the Soviet Union at the invitation of Soviet leader Yuri Andropov to whom she had written expressing her interest in peace and her concerns about war.
The palace was the site of the 1945 Yalta Conference, where Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin met to redraw the map of Europe at the end of World War II.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/25168
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich, 1914-1984--Correspondence
Artek Pioneer Camp (Ukraine)
Camps--Ukraine
Children and peace
Cold War
International relations
Letters
Palaces--Ukraine--Yalta
Peace
Political activity
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Correspondence
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Travel
Smith, Samantha
Samantha Smith in Yalta, 1983
Image
1983
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/25168.JPG
Maine State Museum
Yalta, Ukraine
1983
oai:mainememory.net:25175
2022-06-29T05:27:36Z
contributor:msm
Arthur Smith
Samantha Smith (1972-1985) poses with a Russian police officer in Moscow in July 1983. She and her parents spent two weeks in the Soviet Union at the invitation of Soviet leader Yuri Andropov.
Smith, a schoolgirl from Manchester, had written to Andropov expressing her concern about a possible nuclear war and asking him what his plans were.
She became known as an ambassador for peace. She and her father, Arthur, were killed in a plane crash in Auburn in 1985.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/25175
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich, 1914-1984--Correspondence
Children and peace
Cold War
International relations
Letters
Peace
Police--Soviet Union--Moscow
Political activity
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Correspondence
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Travel
Smith, Samantha
Samantha Smith, Moscow, 1983
Image
1983
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/25175.JPG
Maine State Museum
Moscow, Russia
1983
oai:mainememory.net:25177
2022-06-29T05:27:36Z
contributor:msm
Arthur Smith
Samantha Smith (1972-1985) poses in front of a store's sign upon her return from a two-week trip to the Soviet Union in July 1983.
She and her parents, Arthur and Jane Smith, visited the Soviet Union as guests of Soviet leader Yuri Andropov after Samantha wrote to him asking what his plans were about nuclear war and urged peace.
She became known as a peace ambassador. She and her father were killed in a plane crash in 1985.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/25177
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Stores & shops--Maine--Manchester
Letters
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Travel
Cold War
Peace
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Correspondence
Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich, 1914-1984--Correspondence
Political activity
International relations
Arrivals & departures
Signs (Notices)
Children and peace
Smith, Samantha
Samantha Smith, Manchester, 1983
Image
1983
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/25177.JPG
Maine State Museum
Manchester, Kennebec County, ME, USA
1983
oai:mainememory.net:25178
2022-06-29T05:27:36Z
contributor:msm
Arthur Smith
Samantha Smith of Manchester (second from left), on a two-week trip to the Soviet Union to promote peace, visited a collective farm near the Black Sea town where she met members of a Pioneer Youth camp.
She wrote, "The directors of the farm did experiments on fruit, and they had a table set up out in the middle of an orchard with bowls of absolutely giant fruit."
Smith (1972-1985) had written to Soviet leader Yuri Andropov asking him if he planned to start a war and urged peace. He invited her and her parents, Arthur and Jane Smith, to visit the Soviet Union.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/25178
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich, 1914-1984--Correspondence
Artek Pioneer Camp (Ukraine)
Camps--Ukraine
Children and peace
Cold War
Collective farms--Ukraine
Eating & drinking
Farms--Ukraine
International relations
Letters
Peace
Political activity
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Correspondence
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Travel
Smith, Samantha
Samantha Smith at collective farm, 1983
Image
1983
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/25178.JPG
Maine State Museum
Ukraine
1983
oai:mainememory.net:25182
2022-06-29T05:27:36Z
contributor:msm
J. Friel
The Soviet Union issued a stamp in honor of Samantha Smith who visited there in 1983 on a peace mission.
The 11-year-old wrote to Soviet leader Yuri Andropov of her concern about nuclear war and asked him his intentions. He wrote back assuring her he wanted peace and invited her and her parents, Jane and Arthur Smith, to visit the Soviet Union.
The Smiths spent two weeks as Andropov's guests in July 1983.
Samantha and Arthur Smith were killed in a plane crash in Auburn in August 1985.
The stamp was issued in her memory and honor.
Ink on paper
http://www.mainememory.net/item/25182
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Political activity
International relations
Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich, 1914-1984--Correspondence
Peace
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Commemoration
Cold War
Stamps
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Correspondence
Letters
Children and peace
Smith, Samantha
Samantha Smith stamp print, 1985
Image
1985
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/25182.JPG
Maine State Museum
UR
1985
oai:mainememory.net:25185
2022-06-29T05:27:36Z
contributor:msm
Eugene Willman
Samantha Smith (1972-1985), 10, of Manchester, holding a letter she received from Yuri Andropov, general secretary of the Soviet Union, in which he assured her that he did not want war.
Smith wrote to him asking his intentions about a war and advocated for peace. When her letter was printed in the Soviet newspaper <em>Pravada</em> but she had not received a reply from Andropov, she wrote to the Soviet Ambassador to the U.S., Anatoly Dobrynin, asking if she would get a reply.
Andropov then wrote to her and invited her and her parents to visit the Soviet Union which they did in July 1983.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/25185
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Travel
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Correspondence
Peace
Political activity
Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich, 1914-1984--Correspondence
Cold War
Letters
International relations
Children and peace
Smith, Samantha
Samantha Smith, Manchester, 1983
Image
1983
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/25185.JPG
Maine State Museum
Manchester, Kennnebec County, ME, USA
1983
oai:mainememory.net:25186
2022-06-29T05:27:36Z
contributor:msm
Steve Benson
Steve Benson of the </em>Arizona Republic</em> sent Samantha Smith, 11, of Manchester, the original editorial cartoon he drew satirizing Soviet leader Yuri Andropov's letter to her about war and nuclear weapons.
The cartoon shows Yuri Andropov at his desk, writing. Over four frames, the text reads, "Dear Samantha - Thank you for your letter. Don't worry. We don't want to conquer the world. We don't want to use nuclear weapons. We stand for peace and freedom. Say, why don't you come visit us? We'll show you around one of our model summer [the word "gulags" crossed out] youth camps. Your pen pal, Yuri."
Benson wrote Samantha a note on the bottom of the cartoon.
Samantha Smith and her parents, Jane and Arthur Smith, visited the Soviet Union at Andropov's invitation in July 1983. Samantha spent several days at Artek, an elite Young Pioneer camp on the Black Sea.
Ink on paper
http://www.mainememory.net/item/25186
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Travel
Peace
Political cartoons
Cold War
Editorial cartoons
Cartoons (Commentary)
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Correspondence
Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich, 1914-1984--Correspondence
Political activity
International relations
Letters
Children and peace
Andropov, Yuri
Smith, Samantha
Samantha Smith editorial cartoon, 1983
Text and Image
1983
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/25186.JPG
Maine State Museum
UR
1983
oai:mainememory.net:25218
2022-06-29T05:27:36Z
contributor:msm
Don Wright
Don Wright of the <em>Miami News</em> sent Samantha Smith, 11, of Manchester, a copy of an editorial cartoon he drew depicting her trip to the Soviet Union.
The cartoon shows two bomb heads, one labeled U.S. and one U.S.S.R. and a girl jumping from one to the other. The caption is "Samantha."
Smith (1972-1985) had written to Soviet leader Yuri Andropov advocating for peace and asking him if he planned to start a war. He invited her and her family to visit the Soviet Union to be reassured that he did not plan to start a war.
Smith's letter and subsequent trip received international press coverage.
Ink on paper
http://www.mainememory.net/item/25218
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985
Children and peace
Nuclear weapons
Bombs
Girls
Intercontinental ballistic missiles
Peace
Cold War
Cartoons (Commentary)
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Correspondence
Political cartoons
Editorial cartoons
Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich, 1914-1984--Correspondence
Political activity
International relations
Letters
Smith, Samantha
Wright cartoon on Samantha Smith, 1983
Image
1983
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/25218.JPG
Maine State Museum
UR
USA
1983
oai:mainememory.net:28846
2022-06-29T05:28:56Z
contributor:msm
Gertrude Hill
Sir William Phipps (also spelled Phips) served as Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1692 to 1694.
This portrait is a copy by artist Gertrude Hill of an original portrait by Thomas Child.
Born on February 21, 1651 on Maine's colonial frontier near Woolwich, Phipps became a shipbuilder and soldier. He was knighted in 1687 for recovering sunken treasure off the Bahama Islands.
He won a decisive victory as commander of Massachusetts troops against the French at Port Royal, Nova Scotia in 1690.
As Governor in 1692, it was his decision that brought the Salem Witch Trials to an end.
Oil on Canvas
http://www.mainememory.net/item/28846
72.19.97
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Governors--Massachusetts
Paintings
Phips, William, Sir, 1651-1695--Portraits
United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Phipps, William
Portrait of Sir William Phipps, ca. 1691
Image
circa 1691
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/28846.JPG
State House Collection
Maine State Museum
MA, USA
ME, USA
circa 1691
oai:mainememory.net:28973
2022-06-29T05:29:00Z
contributor:msm
E. Joseph Leighton
An image of the Garrison Hill Grange 427 in Sheepscot Village taken by photographer E. Joseph Leighton (1884-1957) in the early twentieth century.
Glass Negative
http://www.mainememory.net/item/28973
91.26.620
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Maine State Grange
National Grange
Organizations
Farmers' groups--Maine
Garrison Hill Grange No. 497 (Sheepscot, Me.)
Garrison Hill Grange 497, Sheepscot Village, ca. 1920
Image
circa 1920
12.7 cm x 17.8 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/28973.JPG
Maine State Museum
Sheepscot, Lincoln County, ME, USA
circa 1920
oai:mainememory.net:29030
2022-06-29T05:29:02Z
contributor:msm
Eric Hudson
An image of a gathering of fishermen and children at Fish Beach on Monhegan Island taken by Eric Hudson (1862-1932). Several men sit along the wall of Alonzo Pierce's Fish House (1873). A flake rake and a cast iron stone are seen beyond the punt.
Glass Negative
http://www.mainememory.net/item/29030
98.85.1.57
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Beaches--Maine--Monhegan
Fishing--Equipment and supplies
Fishers--Maine--Monhegan
Children--Maine--Monhegan
Fishing industry--Maine--Monhegan
Fishing boats--Maine--Monhegan
Pierce, Alonzo
Fish Beach, Monhegan Island, ca. 1898
Image
circa 1898
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/29030.JPG
Maine State Museum
Monhegan, Lincoln County, ME, USA
circa 1898
oai:mainememory.net:29031
2022-06-29T05:29:02Z
contributor:msm
Eric Hudson
Fishermen in dories arrive at Fish Beach on Monhegan, while a visitor (possibly an artist) awaits them holding an early film camera. Structures seen in the background include a side wall of William Studley's Fish House, Trefethren Store attached to George Trefethren's Fish House, and a corner of the Horn Fish House (1781).
The photograph is by marine artist Eric Hudson who was born in Boston and educated at Chauncey-Hall. He moved to Monhegan Island in 1898 and began photographing and painting all aspects of Island life.
Glass Negative
http://www.mainememory.net/item/29031
98.85.1.50
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Dories--Maine--Monhegan
Artists--Maine--Monhegan
Fishers--Maine--Monhegan
Fishing boats--Maine--Monhegan
Fishing--Equipment and supplies
Photographers--Maine--Monhegan
Stores & shops--Maine--Monhegan
Beaches--Maine--Monhegan
Studley, William
Trefethren, George
Fishermen arriving at Fish Beach, Monhegan, ca. 1898
Image
circa 1898
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/29031.JPG
Maine State Museum
Monhegan, Lincoln County, ME, USA
circa 1898
oai:mainememory.net:29034
2022-06-29T05:29:02Z
contributor:msm
Eric Hudson
"Lobster traps and drying racks are piled above Fish Beach, while Alonzo Pierce and Claudin Winchenbach's fish houses appear at the left.
"To the north stands the village with such visible landmarks as George Trefethren's center-chimney cape and the original Monhegan House, the hip-roofed hotel in the background." From, <em>An Eye for the Coast:The Maritime and Monhegan Island Photographs of Eric Hudson</em> by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and W.H. Bunting, p. 170.
Glass Negative
http://www.mainememory.net/item/29034
98.85.1.62
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Lobster traps--Maine
Beaches--Maine--Monhegan
Fishing--Equipment and supplies
Buildings--Maine--Monhegan
Monhegan Island (Me.)
Pierce, Alonzo
Winchenbach, Claudine
Fish Beach, Monhegan, ca. 1898
Image
circa 1898
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/29034.JPG
Maine State Museum
Monhegan, Lincoln County, ME, USA
circa 1898
oai:mainememory.net:29100
2022-06-29T05:29:04Z
contributor:msm
Galen Jerome Brewer
A silhouette of Thomas Honor, age 27 of Bucksport. Galen Jerome Brewer (1819-1894), a commercial silhouette artist, created this in 1850.
Paper
http://www.mainememory.net/item/29100
2004.36.29
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Honor, Thomas--Silhouettes
Honor, Thomas
Thomas Honor, Bucksport, 1850
Image
1850-08-20
10.3 cm x 12.4 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/29100.JPG
Maine State Museum
Bucksport, Hancock County, ME, USA
1850-08-20
oai:mainememory.net:135707
2023-01-19T09:32:58Z
contributor:msm
Charles Gerletti
This alcoholometer set made by Charles Gerletti of Glasgow, Scotland consists of a cylindrical mahogany box four inches in diameter, holding numbered glass bulbs used for testing the alcohol content (proof) of distilled spirits. The buoyancy of each bulb corresponds to the density of a specific alcohol content in such a way that each bulb will sink in spirits matching or exceeding its designated proof. A numbered list on the inside of the box lid gives the strengths of spirits the kit can measure, ranging from "very weak" to "spirits of wine" (purified ethanol). The numbers on the list correspond to the numbers on the glass bulbs but not to a known system of measuring proof.
Charles Gerletti of Glasgow, Scotland, was born outside Great Britain circa 1792. He made barometers, other measuring instruments, and mirrors in Glasgow between 1828 and his death in 1848.
Although it is not currently known whether this alcoholometer set was ever used in Maine, it is similar to sets that were in use as of the late 18th Century. For instance, the estate of Daniel Haggens (1755-1787) of Berwick included "1 box of glass bubbles to prove spiritous liquors" that was appraised at a value of 3 shillings.
(Photograph by Jay York)
Mahogany, glass, felt, paper
http://www.mainememory.net/item/135707
97.2.13
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Alcoholometer
Liquors--Gaging and testing
Gerletti, Charles
Alcoholometer set by Charles Gerletti of Glasgow, made 1834-1839
Physical Object
circa 1836
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/135707.JPG
Katharine H. Sheaffer Collection of American Glass
Maine State Museum
Glasgow, Scotland
circa 1836
oai:mainememory.net:18698
2023-03-12T08:28:47Z
contributor:msm
Susanna Paine
Painter Susanna Paine (1792-1862) came from Massachusetts to Portland in 1826 to pursue her painting career and even after moving away, returned many times to Portland over the years.
She painted this portrait of Sarah Gilbert in 1829.
Oil on panel
http://www.mainememory.net/item/18698
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Portraits
Women painters
Women artists
Artists, American
Paintings
Gilbert, Sarah
Paine, Susanna
Sarah Gilbert, Portland, 1829
Image
1829
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/18698.JPG
Maine State Museum
Portland, Cumberland County, ME, USA
1829
oai:mainememory.net:25174
2023-03-12T08:29:34Z
contributor:msm
Arthur Smith
Samantha Smith of Manchester visited the Soviet Union in the summer of 1983 at the invitation of Soviet leader Yuri Andropov after she had written him a letter expressing her concern about nuclear war and asking if he planned to start a war.
Smith and a young Soviet friend, Natasha Kashirina, are looking at ballet shoes Samantha received from ballet star Alla Sizova of the Kirov Ballet. The toe shoes are autographed.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/25174
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich, 1914-1984--Correspondence
Artek Pioneer Camp (Ukraine)
Ballerinas
Camps--Ukraine
Children and peace
Cold War
International relations
Letters
Peace
Political activity
Shoes
Sizova, Alla, (1939-)--Associated objects
Slippers
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Correspondence
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Travel
Kashirina, Natasha
Sizova, Alla
Smith, Samantha
Samantha Smith and Natasha Kashirina, Leningrad, 1983
Image
1983
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/25174.JPG
Maine State Museum
UR
1983
oai:mainememory.net:25180
2023-03-12T08:29:35Z
contributor:msm
Arthur Smith
Jane Smith (left center) and her daughter, Samantha Smith, 11, of Manchester, watch a dance performed in their honor during a two-week visit to the Soviet Union in July 1983.
Samantha and her parents were invited to visit the Soviet Union after Samantha wrote to Soviet leader Yuri Andropov asking if he planned to start a nuclear war and urged peace. He assured her the Soviets wanted peace.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/25180
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Letters
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Travel
Political activity
Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich, 1914-1984--Correspondence
International relations
Peace
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Correspondence
Cold War
Dancers
Camps--Ukraine
Artek Pioneer Camp (Ukraine)
Dance
Children and peace
Smith, Jane
Smith, Samantha
Jane and Samantha Smith, Soviet Union, 1983
Image
1983
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/25180.JPG
Maine State Museum
Ukraine
1983
oai:mainememory.net:25176
2023-03-12T08:29:38Z
contributor:msm
Valentina Tereshkova
Valentina Tereshkova of the Soviet Union, the first woman in space with a three-day flight in March 1962, wrote to Samantha Smith (1972-1985) of Manchester in December 1983.
She reiterated the desire of the Soviet people and leaders to live in peace and said the Soviet people were fighting for peace.
She also wrote, "Today, when the threat of a nuclear catastrophe has increased even more, the efforts of all people of good will are required to defend life on earth."
Samantha Smith visited with Tereshkova, also the head of the Soviet Women's Committee, in Moscow in July 1983 when Smith and her parents went to the Soviet Union as guests of Soviet leader Yuri Andropov.
Smith had written to Andropov asking him if he planned to start a war and made a plea for peace.
Ink on paper
http://www.mainememory.net/item/25176
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Political activity
International relations
Peace
Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich, 1914-1984--Correspondence
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Correspondence
Children and peace
Cold War
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Friends & associates
Nikolaeva-Tereshkova, Valentina Vladimirovna, (1937-)--Correspondence
Women astronauts
Letters
Nikolaeva-Tereshkova, Valentina Vladimirovna
Nikolaeva-Tereshkova, Valentina Vladimirovna
Smith, Samantha
Smith, Samantha
Letter from Soviet cosmonaut, 1983
Text
1983
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/25176.JPG
Maine State Museum
Manchester, Kennebec County, ME, USA
Manchester, Kennebec County, ME, USA
UR
UR
1983
oai:mainememory.net:25181
2023-03-12T08:29:38Z
contributor:msm
Yuri Andropov
Soviet leader Yuri Andropov (1914-1984) wrote to Samantha Smith of Manchester in reply to her letter which urged peace but wondered if he wanted to start a war.
Andropov became General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in November 1982 following the death of Leonid Brezhnev. Concerned about talk of nuclear war, fifth-grader Samantha Smith wrote to the new leader to find out what his plans were.
In his letter, he insists he wants peace and invites Smith and her parents to visit the Soviet Union. Samantha, Jane and Arthur Smith traveled there in July 1982.
Andropov died in February 1984 and Samantha and Arthur Smith were killed in a plane crash in August 1985.
Ink on paper
http://www.mainememory.net/item/25181
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Political activity
International relations
Peace
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Travel
Cold War
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Correspondence
Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich, 1914-1984--Correspondence
Letters
Children and peace
Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich
Smith, Samantha
Letter from Yuri Andropov to Samantha Smith, 1983
Text
1983
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/25181.JPG
Maine State Museum
Manchester, Kennebec County, ME, USA
UR
1983
oai:mainememory.net:25187
2023-03-12T08:29:38Z
contributor:msm
Dana Summers
Dana Summers of the <em>Orlando Sentinel</em> wrote a note to Samantha Smith, 11, of Manchester, on the bottom of an editorial cartoon he drew about her trip to the Soviet Union in July 1983. His note reads, "To Samantha with Best Wishes (most kids weave baskets at Camp on their Summer Vacation!) -- Dana."
The text of the cartoon, which shows Smith talking at a press conference, reads, "I wanted Mr. Andropov to understand that nuclear proliferation is the most important issue ... at least that's what it says in Amy Carter's notebook that the White House gave me!"
President Jimmy Carter in 1980 had asked his then 13-year-old daughter Amy what the most important issues was and she replied that it was the control of nuclear arms.
Samantha had written a letter to Soviet leader Yuri Andropov asking him about his plans for war and advocated for peace. Andropov replied and assured her that he wanted peace and invited her to the Soviet Union.
During his 1976 presidential campaign, Jimmy Carter had turned to his 12-year-old daughter Amy to ask her what she thought of nuclear weapons. Amy was a strong advocate for disarmament.
Ink on paper
http://www.mainememory.net/item/25187
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Editorial cartoons
Cold War
Cartoons (Commentary)
Political cartoons
Girls
Children and peace
Reporters and reporting
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Correspondence
Political activity
Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich, 1914-1984--Correspondence
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985
Peace
International relations
Letters
Andropov, Yuri
Carter, Amy
Smith, Samantha
Summers cartoon on Samantha Smith, 1983
Text and Image
1983
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/25187.JPG
Maine State Museum
USA
1983
oai:mainememory.net:25219
2023-03-12T08:29:38Z
contributor:msm
Ralph Dunagin
Ralph Dunagin of the <em>Orlando Sentinel</em> drew an editorial cartoon that suggested how well known Samantha Smith (1972-1985) of Manchester had become after she wrote a letter to Soviet leader Yuri Andropov that advocated for peace and asked if he planned to start a war.
Andropov wrote back assuring her he wanted peace and invited her and her parents to visit the Soviet Union. They spent two weeks traveling there in July 1983.
Worldwide media covered the news of Samantha Smith's letter, Andropov's reply and the trip.
The cartoon shows a young boy pointing at a television set. He says, "Hey, there's the guy who got the letter from Samantha Smith."
Smith and her father, Arthur, were killed in a plane crash in 1985.
Ink on paper
http://www.mainememory.net/item/25219
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich, 1914-1984--Correspondence
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Correspondence
Political cartoons
Cartoons (Commentary)
Cold War
Editorial cartoons
Children and peace
Political activity
Peace
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985
International relations
Letters
Andropov, Yuri
Smith, Samantha
Dunagin Samantha Smith cartoon, 1983
Text and Image
1983-07-25
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/25219.JPG
Maine State Museum
UR
USA
1983
oai:mainememory.net:28841
2023-03-12T08:30:00Z
contributor:msm
Edwin R. Starbird
A studio portrait of Cornelia Thurza "Fly Rod" Crosby from a photograph album entitled "Maine Views." Most of the photographs in the album were taken by Edwin R. Starbird, a commercial photographer specializing in Maine woods views.
Born and raised in Philips in 1854, Cornelia "Fly Rod" Crosby was a writer, fly fisher, hunter, and outdoor enthusiast who worked for the Maine Central Railroad promoting the sporting life in Maine at the turn of the century.
She held the first Maine Guide license issued and allegedly was the first woman to legally shoot a caribou in Maine and rumored to have shot against Annie Oakley in a sharpshooting competition. Her column "Fly Rod's Note Book" was syndicated throughout the Eastern United States. She died in 1946.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/28841
69.23.1
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Crosby, Cornelia, Thurza, 1854-1946--Photographs
Crosby, Cornelia, Thurza, 1854-1946--Photographs
Firsts
Fishing--Maine
Guides & scouts--Maine
Hunting--Maine
Women--Employment
Crosby, Cornelia
Crosby, Cornelia Thurza
Crosby, Fly Rod
Portrait of Cornelia "Fly Rod" Crosby, 1894
Image
1894
31.8 cm x 43.2 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/28841.JPG
Maine State Museum
ME, USA
1894
oai:mainememory.net:28941
2023-03-12T08:30:01Z
contributor:msm
Fred R. Jones
Domestic portrait of the John Blaisdell House or Mr. Palmer's house in Mercer. The photograph was taken by Fred Ruel Jones (1884-1956) who grew up on an apple farm in Mercer at the turn of the twentieth century.
Dr. Jones attended Kents Hill Seminary, Bates College, and graduated from the University of Maine in 1912 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Horticulture. He became a professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
According to his son, Dr. Jones owned one of the first cameras in the Mercer area.
Glass Negative
http://www.mainememory.net/item/28941
00.136.50
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Houses--Maine--Mercer
Blaisdell, John--Homes and haunts--Maine--Mercer
Dwellings--Maine--Mercer
Photographers--Maine
Blaisdell, John
Jones, Fred R.
Blaisdell or Palmer House, Mercer, ca. 1920
Image
circa 1920
10.2 cm x 12.7 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/28941.JPG
Fred R. Jones Memorial Collection of Glassplate Negatives
Maine State Museum
Mercer, Somerset County, ME, USA
circa 1920
oai:mainememory.net:29033
2023-03-12T08:30:02Z
contributor:msm
Eric Hudson
Children in the foreground play on Fish Beach, Monhegan. The three boys are overturning a dory.
Structures shown in the background, from left, are the Josiah Starling Sr. house, the Henry Trefethren house, William Studley's Fish House, and the Horn Fish House.
Glass Negative
http://www.mainememory.net/item/29033
98.85.1.59
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Buildings--Maine--Monhegan
Children--Maine--Monhegan
Dories--Maine--Monhegan
Stores & shops--Maine--Monhegan
Starling, Josiah
Studley, William
Trefethren, Henry
Children playing on Fish Beach, Monhegan, ca. 1898
Image
circa 1898
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/29033.JPG
Maine State Museum
Monhegan, Lincoln County, ME, USA
circa 1898
oai:mainememory.net:28777
2024-02-24T09:28:41Z
contributor:msm
Admiral Peary designed his ship, the S.S. <em>Roosevelt</em>, to withstand the extreme conditions of the Arctic. Built with funds raised by the Peary Arctic Club, construction of the <em>Roosevelt</em> began on October 15, 1904.
She was launched on March 23, 1905. Built on Verona Island using Maine lumber, the <em>Roosevelt</em> carried Peary and his crew on the successful 1909 voyage to the North Pole.
After 1909, a series of owners used the <em>Roosevelt</em> for a variety of purposes. She served as a salvage vessel, a fishing boat, and a tug boat. During World War I the S.S. <em>Roosevelt</em> was used to patrol the West Coast.
Lantern slide
http://www.mainememory.net/item/28777
69.58.1c
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
North Pole--Discovery and exploration
Arctic Regions--Discovery and exploration
Peary, Robert Edwin, 1856-1920--Associated objects
Ships
Explorers
S.S. Roosevelt (Ship)
The S.S. "Roosevelt," ca. 1908
Image
circa 1908
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/28777.JPG
Maine State Museum
Hudson River, New York, NY, USA
circa 1908
oai:mainememory.net:28975
2024-02-24T09:28:44Z
contributor:msm
Matinicus Rock Lighthouse in the early twentieth century. Located off the coast of Maine in Penobscot Bay, six miles south of Matinicus Island. The image shows a man and woman at the back door of the house.
Glass Negative
http://www.mainememory.net/item/28975
82.6.25
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Penobscot Bay (Me.)
Lighthouses--Maine
Matinicus Rock Lighthouse (Matinicus Rock, Me.)
Islands--Maine
Matinicus Rock Lighthouse, Penobscot Bay, ca. 1910
Image
circa 1910
10.2 cm x 12.7 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/28975.JPG
Maine State Museum
Matinicus Rock, Matinicus Island, Knox County, ME, USA
circa 1910
oai:mainememory.net:28993
2024-02-24T09:28:44Z
contributor:msm
Eric Hudson
Image of the keeper and the Fog Signal Station on Manana Island taken by Eric Hudson (1862-1932) In 1898, the lighthouse keeper was Daniel Stevens who served there between 1890-1902.
"Dressed in oilskins, the keeper of the U.S. Lighthouse Service's Fog Signal Station looks out to sea from his elevated vantage point on the west side of Manana Island. In 1854 Congress voted to establish a fog signal on Manana; it was installed the following year in the form of the large bell seen in this photograph. Cast in 1855 at Henry N. Hooper's foundry in Boston, the bell was struck by hand to give the warning. The historic bell was acquired from the U.S. Coast Guard by Monhegan Associates in 1969 and moved by helicopter to Lighthouse Hill on Monhegan Island in 1972, where it is displayed on the grounds of the Monhegan Museum. The bell is the subject of one of Eric Hudson's early Monhegan canvases, and it has become a familiar icon through the powerful simplicity of Jamie Wyeth's 1967 oil painting "Bronze Age." (Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr. in the book, "An Eye for the Coast: The Maritime and Monhegan Island Photographs of Eric Hudson", p. 130)
Glass Negative
http://www.mainememory.net/item/28993
98.85.1.43
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Artists
Lighthouses--Maine
Aids to navigation
Fog-signals--Maine--Manana Island
Lighthouse keepers--Maine
Signals and signaling
Manana Island (Me.)
Fog bells--Maine--Manana Island
Stevens, Daniel
Lighthouse Keeper, Manana Island, 1898
Image
circa 1898
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Maine State Museum
Manana Island, Monhegan, Lincoln County, ME, USA
circa 1898
oai:mainememory.net:29029
2024-02-24T09:28:45Z
contributor:msm
George H. Jones
Built in 1883, Ram Island Light is located on Ram Island, off Ocean Point on the eastern side of Boothbay Harbor. It is made of granite and brick.
Glass Negative
http://www.mainememory.net/item/29029
95.106.26
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Lighthouses--Maine
Ram Island Light, Boothbay Harbor, ca. 1900
Image
circa 1900
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Maine State Museum
Ocean Point, Boothbay Harbor, Lincoln County, ME, USA
circa 1900
oai:mainememory.net:29032
2024-02-24T09:28:45Z
contributor:msm
Eric Hudson
An ocean side view of Cape Neddick Lighthouse in York, photographed by Eric Hudson (1862-1932), a maritime artist.
Cape Neddick Light Station (Nubble Light) was dedicated in 1879 and stands on Nubble Island, located just off of Cape Neddick Point.
Glass Negative
http://www.mainememory.net/item/29032
98.85.1.1
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Lighthouses--Maine
Cape Neddick Light Station
Cape Neddick Lighthouse, ca. 1898
Image
circa 1898
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Maine State Museum
Cape Neddick, York, York County, ME, USA
circa 1898
oai:mainememory.net:29097
2024-02-24T09:28:45Z
contributor:msm
George H. Jones
An oceanside view of Ram Island Light and its bridge, located in Fisherman Island Passage at the entrance to Boothbay Harbor.
Glass Negative
http://www.mainememory.net/item/29097
95.106.60
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Lighthouses--Maine
Bridges--Maine--Boothbay Harbor
Ram Island Light, Boothbay Harbor, ca. 1900
Image
circa 1900
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Maine State Museum
Ocean Point, Boothbay Harbor, Lincoln County, ME, USA
circa 1900
oai:mainememory.net:29099
2024-02-24T09:28:45Z
contributor:msm
George H. Jones
An image of a steamboat at Boothbay Harbor showing passengers and crew members.
Glass Negative
http://www.mainememory.net/item/29099
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Transportation--Maine
Ferries--Maine
Steamboats--Maine
Steamship at Boothbay Harbor, ca. 1900
Image
circa 1900
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Maine State Museum
Ocean Point, Boothbay Harbor, Lincoln County, ME, USA
circa 1900
oai:mainememory.net:55345
2024-02-24T09:31:03Z
contributor:msm
A bellarmine was a type of jug that the used for shipping, storage, and serving before glass bottles were made available in the 17th century. They were usually gray. The outer surface, and sometimes the inner surface, was salt-glazed. Molded medallions were put on the body, and human faces were put on the necks.
There were 213 shards of bellarmine found at the Popham colony. The majority of the shards (63 percent) were found at the vice admiral’s house, 13 percent at the admiral’s house, 11 percent at the buttery, 6 percent at the storehouse, and 7 percent elsewhere. Some shards that were found together were placed on a modern reproduction of a bellarmine.
Some shards found at the Popham Colony were pieced together to form this jug.
Pottery
http://www.mainememory.net/item/55345
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Forts & fortification--Maine--Phippsburg
Historic sites--Maine--Phippsburg
Fort Saint George (Phippsburg, Me.)
Fortification--Maine--Phippsburg
Containers
Popham Colony--Antiquities
North America--Discovery and exploration
Pitchers
Recreated bellarmine jug, Popham Colony, ca. 1600
Physical Object
circa 1600
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Popham Colony
Maine State Museum
Popham, Phippsburg, Sagadahoc County, ME, USA
circa 1600
oai:mainememory.net:55347
2024-02-24T09:31:03Z
contributor:msm
Ninety five percent of the fragments of iron or steel found at the Popham Colony were identified as armor. A helmet cheek piece was found along with a buckle that was most likely part of a military harness. Most of the pieces of armor were found on the storehouse floor, mostly in the south-eastern corner. Ten pieces were found at the Admiral’s house, 15 were in the vicinity of the vice admiral’s house. Only one piece was found in the buttery, which is a closely guarded building used for storage for the butts or casks of spiritous liquors.
Iron, steel
http://www.mainememory.net/item/55347
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Popham Colony--Antiquities
Fortification--Maine--Phippsburg
Fort Saint George (Phippsburg, Me.)
Historic sites--Maine--Phippsburg
Forts & fortification--Maine--Phippsburg
North America--Discovery and exploration
Armor
Helmets
Cabasset cheek piece from Popham Colony, Phippsburg, ca. 1607-1608
Physical Object
circa 1607
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Popham Colony
Maine State Museum
Popham, Phippsburg, Sagadahoc County, ME, USA
circa 1607
oai:mainememory.net:55348
2024-02-24T09:31:03Z
contributor:msm
A nearly complete, but fragmentary bottle was recovered from one of the buttery postholes from the Popham Colony. This bottle has been reconstructed from the fragments.
It has a distinctive blue-green color and was flattened so that it has an oval cross section. The neck is not ribbed and the rim is unfinished, which means it was left the same way that it was when it was cut off the pontil. Although the neck was 2 mm thick, the body of the bottle was only 1 mm thick. It was likely that such a delicate bottle was covered and protected by a wicker covering. Fragments of wicker have been found with pieces of what appear to be very similar bottles at a 17th century site in France.
Glass
http://www.mainememory.net/item/55348
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Popham Colony--Antiquities
Fortification--Maine--Phippsburg
Fort Saint George (Phippsburg, Me.)
Archaeology
Historic sites--Maine--Phippsburg
Forts & fortification--Maine--Phippsburg
North America--Discovery and exploration
Bottles
Bouteille Glass Bottle, Popham Colony, ca. 1607
Physical Object
circa 1607
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Maine State Museum
Maine State Museum
Popham, Phippsburg, Sagadahoc County, ME, USA
circa 1607
oai:mainememory.net:55349
2024-02-24T09:31:03Z
contributor:msm
A small caulking iron was found on the floor of the storehouse at the Popham Colony.
Caulking irons were used to put caulking between the planks of a ship in order to make it water tight. This is the most tangible evidence of the pinnace, <em>Virginia</em>, which was built at the Popham Colony.
The caulking iron is badly rusted, but kept enough of its shape so it would be recognizable. It is 13 cm. long and 5 cm wide.
Iron
http://www.mainememory.net/item/55349
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Fortification--Maine--Phippsburg
Forts & fortification--Maine--Phippsburg
Historic sites--Maine--Phippsburg
Popham Colony--Antiquities
North America--Discovery and exploration
Ships--Equipment and supplies
Caulking Iron, Popham Colony, ca. 1607
Physical Object
circa 1607
15 cm x 5 cm
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Maine State Museum
Popham, Phippsburg, Sagadahoc County, ME, USA
circa 1607
oai:mainememory.net:55350
2024-02-24T09:31:03Z
contributor:msm
This silver shilling was minted between 1592 and 1595 in England and shows Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth. It was found at the 1607 Popham Colony site in what is today Phippsburg during a June 2010 excavation. The shilling may be the second oldest coin ever found in Maine.
On the reverse is a bead circle and a plain square with the top shield quartered with the arms of France and England, over a long cross with: POSVI DE ADIVTOREM MEV (translation, I have made God my helper)
Silver
http://www.mainememory.net/item/55350
2011.51/P2028A
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Forts & fortification--Maine--Phippsburg
Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Frederick I, King of Bohemia, 1596-1662
Historic sites--Maine--Phippsburg
Antiquities
Money
Silver coins
Treasure-trove
Popham Colony
Shilling
Fortification--Maine--Phippsburg
Fort Saint George (Phippsburg, Me.)
Coins--Great Britain
North America--Discovery and exploration
Shilling coin, Popham Colony, ca. 1607
Physical Object
circa 1592
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Maine State Museum
Maine State Museum
Popham, Phippsburg, Sagadahoc County, ME, USA
circa 1607
oai:mainememory.net:61116
2024-02-24T09:31:31Z
contributor:msm
There were 743 fragments of clay tobacco pipes found at the Popham site in Phippsburg. Of the 743 fragments, 256 of them date to the 17th century. The rest of them are from the 18th and 19th century. All but three of the pipes were made in Europe out of kaolin clay. The other three post-date Fort St. George and are an entirely different type.
Clay
http://www.mainememory.net/item/61116
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Popham Colony--Antiquities
Fortification--Maine--Phippsburg
Fort Saint George (Phippsburg, Me.)
Historic sites--Maine--Phippsburg
Forts & fortification--Maine--Phippsburg
North America--Discovery and exploration
Pipes (Smoking)--Maine--Phippsburg
Clay tobacco pipes--Maine--Phippsburg
Clay Tobacco Pipe, Popham Colony, ca. 1607
Physical Object
circa 1607
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Maine State Museum
Popham, Phippsburg, Sagadahoc County, ME, USA
circa 1607
oai:mainememory.net:61117
2024-02-24T09:31:31Z
contributor:msm
Roves were metal pieces used like washers. They were used in shipbuilding and together with the caulking iron remind us of the success of the Popham Colony and the construction of the pinnace, <em>VIRGINIA</em>. They were commonly found in the central part of the Popham Colony's storehouse.
Iron
http://www.mainememory.net/item/61117
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Fortification--Maine--Phippsburg
Forts & fortification--Maine--Phippsburg
Historic sites--Maine--Phippsburg
Popham Colony--Antiquities
North America--Discovery and exploration
Ships--Equipment and supplies
Roves, Popham Colony, ca. 1607
Physical Object
circa 1607
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Maine State Museum
Popham, Phippsburg, Sagadahoc County, ME, USA
Popham, Phippsburg, Sagadahoc County, ME, USA
circa 1607
oai:mainememory.net:61121
2024-02-24T09:31:31Z
contributor:msm
The largest pieces of preserved wood from the 1607 Popham Colony were the bottoms of the posts that supported the structures the colonists built.
The top of the stubs were often charred by fire that destroyed the buildings.
Enough of some posts remain to determine that they had been hewn to a roughly square or rectangular cross section. The bottoms were sawn flat. The posts from the sidewalls of the storehouse were pitch pine. A ridgepole post from the north gable end was spruce.
Wood
http://www.mainememory.net/item/61121
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Historic sites--Maine--Phippsburg
Archaeology
Fort Saint George (Phippsburg, Me.)
Fortification--Maine--Phippsburg
Popham Colony
Dwellings--Maine--Phippsburg
Forts & fortification--Maine--Phippsburg
North America--Discovery and exploration
Post fragment, Popham Colony, ca. 1607
Physical Object
circa 1607
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Maine State Museum
Popham, Phippsburg, Sagadahoc County, ME, USA
circa 1607