This exhibition explores the history of Maine town and city views published during the first fifty years of statehood through major lithographs and several related paintings. These works, selected by Earle Shettleworth Jr. H'08, Maine State Historian, provide insights into how these growing centers of commerce and industry viewed themselves and wished to be viewed by others.

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Enjoy these articles about the exhibition:

Portland Press Herald | Forecaster, January 29, 2020

Maine Boats.com, April 2020

Maine State Historian Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. H’08 speaks about the College in the nineteenth century. After Shettleworth’s remarks, he and John Cross ’76, secretary of development and college relations, join in a Q&A moderated by the Museum's codirectors, Frank Goodyear and Anne Collins Goodyear. Recorded in May 2020.