• President Roosevelt Delievers a Speech in Waterville, Maine
    Underwood & Underwood
    speeches
    travel
    Maine
    This stereograph by Underwood & Underwood of President Theodore Roosevelt was taken circa 1902 during a visit to Waterville, Maine. During his presidency, Roosevelt wore formal attire for public outings. Here, he wears a dark frock coat and holds a top hat, which remained common for formal occasions, although the crown had become shorter by the 1890s. Around him, people in the crowd wear a range of hat styles, including the fedora, which was then growing in popularity. A former governor of New York, Roosevelt became president upon the assassination of William McKinley on September 14, 1901, and served until March 4, 1909.
  • Eastport and Passamaquoddy Bay, White House Collection
    painting
    landscapes
    Maine
    Canada
    White House Collection
    This landscape by Victor de Grailly was painted after a similar piece by William Henry Bartlett. De Grailly's painting captures a clear day in Eastport, Maine on the Passamaquoddy Bay, which is on the border between Maine and New Brunswick, Canada. The painting looks down upon the bay and the cliffs, hillsides, and mountains surrounding the bay. A few well-dressed people are visible in the foreground, including a fisherman, while several ships sail on the bay. De Grailly was a French landscape artist who studied under Jean-Victor Bertin and exhibited in Paris.
  • Rough Sea at Bailey's Island, Maine, White House Collection
    Frederick Judd Waugh
    seascapes
    painting
    Maine
    White House Collection
    This landscape is by painter Frederick Judd Waugh. The painting is a closely cropped landscape of a rocky shoreline looking slightly down upon crashing waves. Waugh was an American painter known for seascapes and the son of noted portrait painter Samuel Waugh.
  • Surf at Prout's Neck, White House Collection
    Winslow Homer
    watercolor
    seascapes
    Maine
    White House Collection
    This watercolor seascape of waves crashing on a rocky shore by Winslow Homer was completed around 1895. The location is Prouts Neck (or Prout's Neck), a peninsula in Scarborough, southwestern Maine. Grays and blues dominate the canvas with large white waves crashing against the rocks freely. Homer is one of the most well-known American artists. He worked as an illustrator and printmaker in addition to his illustrious career as a watercolorist.