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13002Inventing Acadia: Artists and Tourists at Mount Desert
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Acadia National Park
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Belanger, Pamela J.
  • Farnsworth Art Museum
  • 1999
Description:
Landscape paintersThomas Cole, Frederic Edwin Church, and others discovered Mt. Desert Island and inspired tourists to visit. This book examines how images and works of art inspired the artists and tourists, alike.
13090Mr. Rockefeller’s Roads: The Untold Story of Acadia’s Carriage Roads &Their Creator
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Acadia National Park
  • Other, Carriage roads
  • Roberts, Ann Rockefeller
  • Down East Books
  • 1990
17251The Park Loop Road: A Guide to Acadia National Park’s Scenic Byway
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Acadia National Park
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Thayer, Robert A.
  • Down East Books
  • 1999
17224American Family Farm Antiques
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Agriculture
  • Other, Antiques
  • Other, Tools & implements
  • Clemens, Terri
  • Krause Publications
  • 1994
12576Identifying Antique Silver
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Antiques
  • Other, Silverware
  • Darbyshire, Lydia
  • Chartwell Books
  • 1994
Description:
Guide to identify silver; illustrates and describes 120 pieces of silver, divided by types.
12578Sewing Tools and Trinkets
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Antiques
  • Other, Handicraft
  • Other, Sewing
  • Other, Textiles
  • Thompson, Helen Lester
  • Collector Books
  • 1997
12841Kovel’s Dictionary of Marks: Pottery & Porcelain 1650 - 1850
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Antiques
  • Structures, Factory, Pottery
  • Kovel, Ralph & Terry
  • Crown Publishers
  • 1995
Description:
An identification guide to American, English, and European porcelain arranged by factory marks according to their shapes, e.g., letters or words or by shapes such as animals, circles, etc.
12842Collector’s Encyclopedia of Pattern Glass
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Antiques
  • Other, Glassware
  • McCain, Mollie Helen
  • Collector Books
  • 1998
Description:
A guide to identifying early American pressed glass patterns, grouped according to "molded characteristics" such as circles, diamonds, flowers.
12844Sterling Silver Flatware: For Dining Elegance 2nd Edition
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Antiques
  • Other, Silverware
  • Osterberg, Richard
  • Schiffer Publishing Co.
  • 1999
Description:
"Serving implements" arranged by category, e.g., teaspoons, butter knives; place pieces, place settings, and serving pieces are shown.
12942Rural New England Furniture: People, Place, and Production
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Antiques
  • Other, Furniture
  • Other, New England
  • Benes, Peter, ed.
  • Boston Univ.
  • [1998]
Description:
The Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife Annual Proceedings 1998, a collection of articles on subjects such as "Repairs versus Deception on Essex County Cupboards," "Cabinetmaking Practices...", and about such people as Capt. Abraham Knowlton, William Lloyd, Amzi Chapin; and places such as Worcester County, Mass.; Sterling, Mass.
12960Antiquing for Dummies
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Antiques
  • Zoglin, Ron and Deborah Shouse
  • IDG Books Worldwide
  • 1999
Description:
Gives auction tips, questions to ask and antique dealer, signs of a valuable antique, flaws to watch out for, and more.
13854Caring for Your Collections
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Antiques
  • Other, Baskets
  • Other, Masks
  • Other, Paintings
  • Other, Photographs
  • Other, Textiles
  • Schultz, Arthur W., ed.
  • Harry N. Abrams
  • 1992
Description:
Preserving and protecting collectibles (paintings, stamps, books, photographs, etc.)
17222Kitchen Antiques 1790-1940
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Antiques
  • Other, Cookery
  • Other, Kitchens
  • McNerney, Kathryn
  • Collector Books
  • 1991
17242American Kitchen: 1700 to the present ; from hearth to high rise.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Antiques
  • Other, Cookery
  • Other, History
  • Other, Kitchens
  • Plante, Ellen M.
  • Facts on File
  • 1995
17244Complete Guide to Vintage Textiles
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Antiques
  • Other, Textiles
  • Kurella, Elizabeth
  • Krause Publications
  • 1999
16557300 Years of Housekeeping Collectibles
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Antiques
  • Other, Home economics
  • Franklin, Linda Campbell
  • Books Americana
  • 1992
17124An Exploration of the Colonial Revival Through Selected Works of Fred Savage, Architect.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Architects
  • Other, Architecture
  • Other, Savage, Fred L.
  • Knowles, Jared A.
  • Unpublished thesis for Master’s Degree at the Savannah College of Art and Design.
  • 1994
17130Domestic Views
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Architects
  • Other, Architecture
  • Other, History
  • Kvalsvic, Erik and William Seale
  • The American Institute of Architects Press
  • 1992
12921Houses and Homes: Exploring Their History
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Architecture
  • Howe, Barbara J., et al
  • AltaMira Press
  • 1997
Description:
How and why to explore an house's history using the setting, written records, oral and visual sources, and the home itself as resources. Also discusses the American dream of owning a home, construction techniques and materials, and more.
12922A Delight to All Who Knew It: The Maine Summer Architecture of William R. Emerson
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Architecture
  • Other, Emerson, William R.
  • Reed, Roger G.
  • Maine Citizens for Historic Preservation
  • 1995
Description:
The author is an architectural historian and has gathered information about the architects and builders of hotels and cottages, along with their clients, beginning in the late 19th century and continuing to today. This work focuses on the work of William R. Emerson.
12923John Calvin Stevens: Domestic Architecture 1890-1930
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Architecture
  • Other, Stevens, John Calvin
  • Stevens, John Calvin II and Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr.
  • Greater Portland Landmarks
  • 1990
Description:
A survey of architect Stevens's four decades of design taken from his photographs in albums, a change from the earlier line drawings. The primary photographer was Thomas Ellison. An introductory biographical essay was written by grandson John Calvin Stevens II.
12940Identifying American Architecture: A Pictorial Guide to Styles and Terms, 1600-1945
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Architecture
  • Blumenson, John J.-G.
  • Altamira Press
  • 1995
Description:
Covers styles with minimal text and black and white photographs. Styles include: Spanish Colonial, Mission, Pueblo, Spanish Colonial Revival, New England Colonial, Southern Colonial. French Colonial, Dutch Colonial, Georgian, Federal, Roman Classicism, Colonial Revival, Greek Revival, Egyptian Revival, Gothic Revival, Victorian Gothic, Italian Villa, Italianate, Renaissance Revival, Second Renaissance Revival, Romanesque Revival, Victorian Romanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque, Octagon, Chateau, Second Empire Easter Stick, Western Stick, Eastlake, Shingle, Queen Anne, Sullivanesque, Beaux-Arts Clasicism, New-Classicism, Bungalow, Prairie, International, Art Deco, Art Moderne [show more]
17126Building an American Identity: pattern book homes and communities 1870-1900
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Architecture
  • Other, Houses
  • Smeins, Linda E.
  • AltaMira Press
  • 1999
17127American Restoration Style: Victorian
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Architecture
  • Brierton, Joan
  • Gibbs Smith
  • 1999
17128Preservationist’s Progress: Architectural Adventures in Conserving Yesterday’s Houses
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Architecture
  • Other, Houses
  • Howard, Hugh
  • Farrar, Straus, Giroux
  • 1991