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Maine Historic Preservation Commission Photographic Collection
The stereoviews and real photo postcards in the Maine Historic Preservation Commission Photographic Collection span nearly a century of Maine’s history from the 1850s to the 1950s. They document the built and natural environment, historic events, social and cultural life, and a broad range of commercial and industrial activities from virtually every geographic area of the state. In addition to their importance as a record of the Maine landscape and the lifeways of its people, the collection and its catalogue provide valuable information for the study of the history of photography.
Creation of the digital catalogue and this website was a collaborative project between the Maine Historic Preservation Commission and the Maine State Museum. The project was supported by a Cataloging Hidden Collections grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) (https://www.clir.org/). The grant program is made possible by funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Learn more about copyright or use policies for the images in this digital catalogue in the Terms & Conditions below.
Maine Historic Preservation Commission Photographic Collection
Terms & Conditions of Copyright/Use
Copyright: The copyright and related rights status of the items in this collection have not been evaluated. While many of these images may be in the public domain, it is up to you to determine and satisfy copyright or other use restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in this collection. You are free to use an item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
The legal doctrine of Fair Use permits the unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances, generally for criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. For more information on Fair Use please see the U. S. Copyright Office webpage at https://www.copyright.gov/fair-use/more-info.html.
Permissions: As a publicly supported institution, the Maine Historic Preservation Commission generally does not own rights to material in its collections. Therefore, it does not charge permission fees for the use of such material and cannot give or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute material in its collections.
High resolution digital files of the images in this collection may be obtained by sending a request to the Maine Historic Preservation Commission via the following e-mail address: photorequest.mhpc@maine.gov. You must provide the complete catalog number of the image and specify whether you wish to receive it as a jpg or tiff file. Response time will be dictated by the availability of staff time and the number of images requested. No changes will be made by staff to the original digital files to accommodate a particular user’s needs.
All image reproductions shall be sourced as “Courtesy of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Augusta, Maine”.
