Item 102383 - World's fair cattle show, North New Portland, ca. 1910
- Item 102383 - World's fair cattle show, North New Portland, ca. 1910
- Contributed by Stanley Museum on deposit at Maine Historical Society
- Item 102383
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Image Info A smiling farmer and his cattle in North New Portland. The photographer, Chansonetta Stanley Emmons entitled this lantern slide "World's Fair Cattle Show," which may be a reference to the Waterford World's Fair, an annual event in Oxford County, or a New Portland version.
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Born in Kingfield in 1858, Emmons painted miniatures before turning to photography in the late 1890's. Hand-colored lantern slides were a favorite medium.