Papers, 1896, [undated]

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Papers, 1896, [undated]

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The collection contains photographs taken by Edwin R. Starbird, a professional photographer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, specializing in views of the Maine woods. Included are 62 photographs taken by Starbird, including 20 identified as part of his Woods of Maine series. It also contains a folder of Starbird family papers which includes marriage certificates for Amos Starbird and Mary J. Gilkey, 1852; and for Edwin Starbird and Mattie A. Thompson, 1882; as well as a lease for a hall in Farmington, 1882, and other miscellaneous material.

1 box (1.3 cubic feet)

Raymond H. Fogler Library

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Raymond H. Fogler Library

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Bowdoin College

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Starbird family.

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Starbird, Edwin R. (Edwin Roland), 1853-1921.

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Edwin Roland Starbird, son of Amos and Mary Jane Gilkey Starbird, was born on September 15, 1853, in Freeman, Maine. He started his working life as a teacher in towns near Freeman, but in the early 1880's he began studying photography with Francis E. Stanley in Lewiston, Maine. After his training he returned to Farmington, Maine and opened a studio which did both portrait and landscape photography. He soon began to take stereo views and photographs of the area around Rangeley Lake, including the...