"What's in a Picture?" piece on a photo by Livermore Falls cameraman F. A. Wende

Authors

Joshua F. Moore

Source

Down East

Date

7-1-2008

Pages

152

Abstract

"What's in a Picture?" piece on a photo by Livermore Falls cameraman F. A. Wendell of the Maxim family in 1898. Hiram Maxim, in the photo, invented the machine gun some 14 years before the picture was taken at a family reunion in Wayne. Nine years before the Wright brothers, famous flight, Maxim, of Sangerville, built a powered aircraft that flew 600 feet. In the quest for an electric light bulb, he also developed a carbon filament that rivaled Edison's. Before his death in 1916, he said he wished his peaceful inventions had been more widely known.

Subjects

Livermore Falls, Photographs

Recommended Citation

Moore, Joshua F., ""What's in a Picture?" piece on a photo by Livermore Falls cameraman F. A. Wende" (2008). Maine News Index - Down East Magazine. 3636.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/news_downeast/3636