Title

Painted Sketch for "Pioneers of Arookstook" Parade Float

Authors

Joseph A. Damon

Files

Digital Format

image/jpeg

Collection

Maine Centennial Celebration Scrapbook

Contributor

Messmore and Damon, Inc.

Call number of Original

974.1 M225c-s Me.Coll. Archives

Format of Original

watercolor on card stock

Size of Original

28" x 18 1/2"

Creator

Joseph A. Damon, artist

Contributing Institution

Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives

Description

In pencil at the bottom of the painting is the caption, "Settlers starting a home in 180-" [the final number of the date is cut off.] The description accompanying the illustration in the Centennial Program notes that "The settlement of Aroostook began in 1839." The county was organized in that year, but the story of white settlement on Wabanaki tribal lands is, of course, much longer and more complicated than that.

Publication Date

1920

Keywords

Parade floats, Maine -- Centennial celebrations, etc.

Recommended Citation

Damon, Joseph A., "Painted Sketch for "Pioneers of Arookstook" Parade Float" (1920). Maine Centennial Parade Floats 1920. 8.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/maine200_parade_floats/8