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Digital History: Stories from Maine Memory Network
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Harper's New Graded Copy Books, 1885. MMN# 74452
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In the new Maine Memory exhibit, Horace W. Shaylor, Portland Penman, recent MHS intern Sarah Weirich explores the life and livelihood of a 19th and early 20th century Maine handwriting and drawing enthusiast.
Shaylor combined the popular writing methods of the day--the Spencerian Script and the Palmer Method--into his own new writing technique encompassing three styles and five focal points: legibility, rapidity, economy, beauty, hygiene. He published several textbooks on his methods. He also created beautiful pencil drawings, as did his artist daughter. Visit the exhibit
to learn more.
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Starting This Week
Museum Store Sidewalk Sale
Friday August 31- Friday September 7
Shop our annual sidewalk sale! Lots of books and gifts. Sale open during regular store hours, 10am-5pm.
Next Week
Please note: MHS will be closed on Monday, September 3, in observance of Labor Day.
Friday, September 7, 5-8pm
First Friday Art Walk
Join us for the monthly First Friday Art Walk in downtown Portland. On view is our exhibit, Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine. The museum, gallery, and store will be open late and free of charge. Wired! explores the electrification of Maine during the 20th century, and how a rural state modernized. Told primarily through material from the Central Maine Power collection, it explores the landscape, mechanics, economics, politics, and culture of electricity. Ongoing and Family Programs Please note: The last Longfellow House Tour on Thursday, August 30, will be at 3pm. Visit us online, or call 207-774-1822 for times, ticket information, and details.
Public programs at MHS are sponsored, in part, by the Margaret E. Burnham Charitable Trust.
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Make Your Annual Fund Gift Today and Be Entered to Win
Red Sox Tickets Get ready to go to Fenway and cheer on the Red Sox as they play the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday, September 23, 2012. Make a MHS Annual Fund donation of $75 or more, and you're automatically entered to win four tickets* to the game.
To be entered, make sure your gift is received no later than September 15, 2012.
Thank you for supporting the future of Maine history. Go Sox!
*Tickets have a total retail value of $220
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