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	var	timeline_json = {"title":{"text":{"headline":"The People of Allen Island","text":"This timeline chronicles <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the history of Allen Island through its ownership and use, highlighting changes in population of and the built environment on the Island. It tells the story of\u00a0how life on the St. George Islands is tied inextricably to the midcoast region and beyond through geographical, historical, and economic ties<\/span>."},"media":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/dam-images-homes-2003-06-wyeth-hosl16_wyeth.jpg","caption":false,"credit":false}},"scale":"human","events":[{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"1895"},"end_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"1910"},"display_date":"1890s-1910s","text":{"headline":"Depreciation and Decline","text":"In 1895, the value of the fishstand dropped to $350-$500. This depreciation indicated a decrease in flow of goods out, and more importantly, into the islands. In addition, it foreshadowed\u00a0the rapid population decline that occurred in the midcoast region during the early 20th century.\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\nMcLane\u00a0<em>Islands of Mid-Coast Maine\u00a0<\/em>56 and Conkling\u00a0<em>Islands in Time<\/em> 13."},"media":{"url":"","caption":false,"credit":false,"thumbnail":false},"background":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/Decprication.jpg"}},{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"1827"},"display_date":"1827","text":{"headline":"Samuel Brown Appears on tax records with fishstand","text":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This was the first time that the fishstand on Benner Island showed up in legal documentation. The fishstand ended up operating for about 100 years. The store was the first established commercial center on the islands. This means that there was a critical mass of people on the island that needed and wanted to buy goods from the mainland or from other islands. Within twenty years, the fishstand had a liquor license, showing the continual growth of both the fishstand itself as well as the islands it served.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Islands of The Mid-Maine Coast, McLane,56<\/p>"},"media":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/IMG_0556.jpg","caption":"These wooden pegs that lobstermen would have bought to stick into their claws to impede their use and other goods used for fishing and lobstering were sold at the fishstand","credit":"Photo courtesy of Andrew DeStaebler","thumbnail":false},"background":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/Benner.jpg"}},{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"1860"},"end_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"1880"},"display_date":"1860-1880","text":{"headline":"Prosperity and Population","text":"In 1870, the Fishstand on Benner Island was valued at $600-$700. Related to the record high school enrollment ten years earlier, the value of the fishstand is relatively high for an island community which many believed to have an\u00a0isolated economy. This indicates a movement of goods through the area and a significant relationship\u00a0between Allen and Benner. During this time period, the population of the midcoast region peaked. The economic \"heyday\" of the midcoast region was in the 19th century, and the wealth from that time could explain why the fish stand was so profitable.\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\nAcheson\u00a0<em>Lobster Gangs of Maine<\/em> 23 and McLane\u00a0<em>Islands of the Mid-Maine Coast\u00a0<\/em>55."},"media":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/Matches.jpg","caption":"Matches, such as these, would be sold at the fishstand. ","credit":false,"thumbnail":false},"background":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/Benner.jpg"}},{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"1930"},"end_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"1935"},"display_date":"1930s","text":{"headline":"Fishstand Closes Its Doors","text":"There was no more reason to keep the fishstand open. After a period of population decline, exemplified\u00a0by the schools closing, there are not enough sustained visitors or residents of the islands to reconcile keeping it open, even seasonally. In 1903, the introduction of \u00a0engines on boats allowed lobstermen to expand their catch by traveling into new waters. It also led to more fisherman making mainland harbors their base of operations. By the time the fishstand closed, most infrastructure had fled the island. Allen became\u00a0feral territory and eventually\u00a0the decaying houses became no more than a seasonal home for fishing families.\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">McLane\u00a0<em>Islands of Mid-Coast Maine<\/em> 56.<\/p>"},"media":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/Fishstand-Close-1.jpg","caption":"Due to technological advancements, industry, such as fishing, were changing. Tools such as this compass were being replaced or re-invented. This changing infrastructure of the region had a significant impact on the economy of the Island.  ","credit":"Photograph courtesy of Ben Lisle","thumbnail":false},"background":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/IMG_0856.jpg"}},{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"1870"},"end_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"1910"},"display_date":"1870-1910","text":{"headline":"A Gradual Population Decline","text":"The population of the islands started to decline slowly. It is possible that as economic prosperity grew through the midcoast region, more people moved away from the Islands to the mainland to indulge in their fiscal success. This could account for the overlapping time period of increasing wealth in the region and a gradual decline in overall population.\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\nConkling\u00a0<em>Islands in Time<\/em> 13."},"media":{"url":"","caption":false,"credit":false,"thumbnail":false},"background":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/Gradual-Decline.jpg"}},{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"03","year":"1605"},"end_date":{"day":"01","month":"05","year":"1605"},"display_date":"Spring 1605","text":{"headline":"First Settlement in Maine","text":"Explorer George Waymouth and his crew settled on Allen Island for 2 months in the Spring of 1605. Here they held the first\u00a0religious service in New England.\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\nConkling Muscongus Bay, pg 61"},"media":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/06062078-Copy-1.jpg","caption":false,"credit":"Courtesy of Theroux \"Betsy's World\" 142. 2003.","thumbnail":false},"background":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/Captain_George_Weymouth_expedition_in_Maine.jpg"}},{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"1749"},"display_date":"Mid-Late 1700's ","text":{"headline":"John's Island","text":"The only residence shown in the St. George Islands on the British Admiralty chart \"Atlantic Neptune\" is a<span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">\u00a0homestead on the Northwest part of the island not yet named Allen Island. This is the residence of\u00a0John Allen, a fisherman who first settled on the Island in 1749 at the age of 29. \u00a0At the time, the island was\u00a0not yet considered to be under the jurisdiction of the Province of Massachusetts and as such, settlers considered these\u00a0islands to be \"available to a claim by anyone having the will and\u00a0tenacity to wrest them from the Natives.\" \u00a0He likely benefited from a brief period of peace between the English settlers and Indians following a formal agreement made between the two sides in\u00a01749.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Assessment of John Allen Site Pg. 11, and McLane from the islands of the Mid- Maine Coast pg. 56<\/p>"},"media":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/John-Allen-site-1-page-11.png","caption":"British Admiralty chart \"Atlantic Neptune\" shows John Allen's residence in the Northwest part of what Allen Island, across the channel from the smaller Benner Island.","credit":"Assessment of John Allen Site Pg. 11","thumbnail":false},"background":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/john-and-his-island.jpg"}},{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"1820"},"display_date":"1820s","text":{"headline":"Beyond the Allens","text":"Before 1820, three families were settled on the Allen Island\u00a0including Gideon Allen (son of John Allen) and his family of eleven. After 1820, Gideon and his family do not appear on the tax records for the islands. He sells half of the western shore of Allen island to Thomas Burton of Friendship in 1823. This marks a turning point for the island as its population begins\u00a0to grow and include residents beyond the Allen family.\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">McLane from the Islands of the Mid-Maine Coast, 56.<\/p>"},"media":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/John-Allen-site-1-pg-21.png","caption":"This 1800s Geodetic Survey Map depicts 3 structures on the northwest corner of Allen Island.","credit":"Assessment of John Allen Site pt1 pg. 21","thumbnail":false},"background":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/Change.jpg"}},{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"1837"},"end_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"1857"},"display_date":"1837-1855","text":{"headline":"The Allen's Gradual Departure From the Island","text":"The Allen's ownership of the island persisted well into the 1800's. In 1837, Alexander Allen, a son of John Allen, gave two thirds of the island to his son in law, his wife, and his daughter. Over the next two decades, the Allen family passed down or sold off their portions of the land. In 1848, Gideon Allen died and left half of his holdings on the island to various beneficiaries who lived on the mainland. Finally, in 1855, Ann Allen, Alexander's wife, sold her half of the island to a family from Friendship. This marked the end of Allen's living on the island.\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Assessment of John Allen Site Pg. 19; McLane, Islands of Mid-Coast Maine 56-57.<\/p>"},"media":{"url":"","caption":false,"credit":false,"thumbnail":false},"background":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/St.-Georges-Map.jpg"}},{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"1856"},"display_date":"1856","text":{"headline":"Full Time Islander","text":"Joshua Thompson of Bristol appeared on the St. George tax records for the first time. in 1856. At this point his family were the only year round residents of Allen Island. Thompson was a tenant farmer who's children were enrolled at the school on Allen Island. While Thompson was the only full time resident at this time, the Island's school enrollment during this time was high, which indicates how significant the Allen Island School was to its neighboring islands.\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\nMcLane from the Islands of the Mid- Maine Coast, 57 and Assessment of John Allen Site Part 1."},"media":{"url":"","caption":false,"credit":false,"thumbnail":false},"background":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/School-Etching.jpg"}},{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"1830"},"display_date":"1830s","text":{"headline":"School is Now in Session","text":"Summer school began on Allen Island. The school was not just for residents of the island but also for children from surrounding Georges Islands. Enrollment of the school peaked at 85 student. While the school's exact location on the island is unknown. It may have been on the north side of the Island nearby where the sail-loft converted museum currently stands.\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\nConkling <em>Islands in Time<\/em> 57."},"media":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-24-at-7.50.48-PM.png","caption":"Seen above is a chart displaying the enrollment of students at the Allen Island school, broken down by Island. The total enrollment is on the far right. ","credit":"\"Table of School Enrollment, St. George Island 1841-1893\" courtesy of McLane, Islands of the Mid-Maine Coast. 50-51. ","thumbnail":false},"background":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/School-is-now-in-session.jpg"}},{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"1894"},"display_date":"1894","text":{"headline":"The School Closes","text":"The school on Allen Island closed. As it became easier and easier to go back and forth from the mainland, there was less need for a school out on Allen Island. Policy changes regarding schooling changed how life on the island functioned. There were still pupils on the Island to teach, but with advanced transportation they would go to the mainland. Life on the Island continued to become even more interwoven with the mid-coast region.\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\nConkling\u00a0<em>Islands in Time\u00a0<\/em>61."},"media":{"url":"","caption":false,"credit":false,"thumbnail":false},"background":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/School-Close.jpg"}},{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"1675"},"end_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"1725"},"display_date":"Late 1600s - Early 1700s","text":{"headline":"The Indian Wars","text":"The first Indian War\u00a0broke out in 1675 after almost 70 years of growing hostility following George Waymouth's visit. The conflict between the settlers and Indians was a result\u00a0of\u00a0their different concepts of property rights and the terrible acts committed by Waymouth and others to kidnap and enslave natives. \u00a0As a result,\u00a0island settlement was slow to develop because colonists feared to venture far from the Pemaquid Fort on the mainland (shown in background image). \u00a0The conflict\u00a0continued into the 1700s, with the fourth Indian War lasting from 1722-25. \u00a0Although the last of the Indian Wars did not end until 1760, Maine's Indian tribes were nearly exterminated\u00a0by 1725. \u00a0This allowed for increased settlement of islands across mid-coast Maine.\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Conkling, \"Muscongus Bay: The Fishing Place\"\u00a063<\/p>"},"media":{"url":"","caption":false,"credit":false,"thumbnail":false},"background":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/pemaquid_me.jpg"}},{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"1979"},"display_date":"1979","text":{"headline":"Betsy Wyeth Buys Allen Island","text":"Without ever setting foot on Allen Island, Betsy Wyeth purchased the 450-acre island. \u00a0Since purchasing Allen Island,\u00a0which at the time she considered\u00a0to be a \"whole hunk of nothing\" at the time, she has built 2.5 miles of roads, dug out acres of earth to create 5 large ponds, cleared 60 acres of woods, and installed\u00a0an underwater cable from the mainland for electricity.\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Ralston, \"Betsy Wyeth's World Is an Island in Maine\" (2006)<\/p>"},"media":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/Betsy-Wyeth.jpg","caption":"Betsy Wyeth sitting on a swing in the barn she build on Allen Island.","credit":"Betsy's World, Theroux pg. 117","thumbnail":false},"background":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/Benner-Island-.jpg"}}],"language":"en"};
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	var	timeline_json = {"title":{"text":{"headline":"Technology, Regulation, and a History of Change in Lobster Production","text":""},"media":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-01-at-12.18.00-PM.png","caption":false,"credit":"Conkling, The Rise of Lobstering"}},"scale":"human","events":[{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"1700"},"display_date":"1700","text":{"headline":"Technology and Regulation Shape Midcoast Maine","text":"While technology and regulation have caused fluctuations in the lobster population throughout history, they have ultimately worked together to assure lobstering remains a viable business in\u00a0midcoast Maine. Technological advancement has made lobstering more efficient and productive, but unfortunately has made it easier to exploit the\u00a0lobster stock.\u00a0Regulations on the size of catchable lobster, management zones, and lobstering licenses have kept these advancements from entirely decimating the lobster population and have allowed for lobstermen to continue their business, and their livelihood, at a sustainable\u00a0rate. It can be assumed that communities on Allen Island and midcoast Maine are affected similarly by the changes in technology and regulation because they have\u00a0been implemented at the same time and in the same way. As technology and regulation have pushed and pulled in regards to maintaining the lobster stock, together they have enhanced the production of lobster in midcoast Maine. <em>Photo courtesy of Charles B. McLane<\/em>"},"media":{"url":"","caption":false,"credit":false,"thumbnail":false},"background":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-31-at-11.36.25-AM-1.png"}},{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"1700"},"end_date":{"day":"31","month":"12","year":"1800"},"display_date":"1700's - 1800's","text":{"headline":"Regulation to Prevent Cruelty","text":"In the 1700's, lobster was \"in demand only because it was cheap and high in protein, basically chewable fuel.\" Lobsters were considered so lowly that regulations were implemented, predominately in Massachusetts, to prevent lobster from being fed to inmates more than once a week for fear of it being too cruel. <em>Photo courtesy of Getty Images, from the film \"Dodging His Doom\"<\/em>\r\n\r\n________________________________________________________________\r\n\r\nWallace, Consider the Lobster, 55"},"media":{"url":"","caption":false,"credit":false,"thumbnail":false},"background":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/Jailed-man-timeline.jpg"}},{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"1775"},"end_date":{"day":"31","month":"12","year":"1802"},"display_date":"Late 1700's","text":{"headline":"Invention of the Lobster Smack","text":"Lobster smacks were boats that had\u00a0seawater filled\u00a0compartments. These compartments allowed transportation of live lobsters all along the east coast, which was significant due to the fact that lobsters need to be kept alive prior to being cooked. The new technology increased production by enhancing the accessibility of lobster,\u00a0as well as sparking the\u00a0emergence of the canning industry. <em>Photo courtesy of Mickey Macfarlan<\/em>\r\n\r\n_________________________________________________________________ \u00a0Acheson, The Lobster Gangs of Maine, 4"},"media":{"url":"","caption":false,"credit":false,"thumbnail":false},"background":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/lobstersmack.jpg"}},{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"1840"},"end_date":{"day":"31","month":"12","year":"1849"},"display_date":"1840's","text":{"headline":"Lobster Canneries Established in Maine","text":"Lobster canneries arrived along midcoast Maine\u00a0and gave a boost to the lobster economy. Lobster could now be transported from Maine to any part of the country without going bad.\u00a0Production began to increase as more consumers could be\u00a0reached. <em>Photo courtesy of Maine Memory Network, Maine State Archives<\/em>\r\n\r\n_________________________________________________________________ Acheson, The Lobster Gangs of Maine, 4"},"media":{"url":"","caption":false,"credit":false,"thumbnail":false},"background":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/lobstercan-label.jpg"}},{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"1870"},"end_date":{"day":"31","month":"12","year":"1870"},"display_date":"1870","text":{"headline":"Diversification of Lobster Production","text":"Individuals began subsistence lobstering as more people became aware of the growing lobster industry. The Peapod boat was invented to help make the personal, small scale fishing of lobsters more efficient with its great maneuverability, though lack of an\u00a0engine. <em>Photo courtesy of Maine Maritime Museum, as cited on Maineboats.com<\/em>\r\n\r\n_________________________________________________________________ \u00a0MaineBoats, Evolution of the Maine Lobsterboat"},"media":{"url":"","caption":false,"credit":false,"thumbnail":false},"background":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/Peapod2-LG.jpg"}},{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"1870"},"end_date":{"day":"31","month":"12","year":"1879"},"display_date":"1870's","text":{"headline":"Lobster Canning Becomes More Competitive","text":"As more fishermen entered the lobster industry, canning became more competitive with the increase in suppliers. More adolescent lobsters, also known as \"snappers,\" were harvested to maintain high levels of output. This malpractice damaged the breeding stock and led to the establishment of regulations regarding lobster protection. <em>Photo courtesy of Salem Public Library<\/em>\r\n\r\n_________________________________________________________________ Acheson,\u00a0The Lobster Gangs of Maine, 4"},"media":{"url":"","caption":false,"credit":false,"thumbnail":false},"background":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/cannery_14.jpg"}},{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"1882"},"end_date":{"day":"31","month":"12","year":"1882"},"display_date":"1882","text":{"headline":"New Regulations to Stabilize Lobster Stock","text":"With canneries taking any and every type of lobster being caught, the size and amount of lobsters being caught in the Mid-Maine area was quickly declining. New regulations were implemented to prevent\u00a0the taking of female lobsters bearing eggs (Title 12, Section 6436), as well as illegalizing\u00a0the catching of lobsters under 10.5 inches overall. In addition, the fishery was also closed from August 1st to October 15th to further prevent the exploitation of the lobster stock and maintain the longevity of midcoast Maine's lobster industry. Without these regulations, the lobster population in the area could have been decimated, and the industry ruined. <em>Photo courtesy of Justin Ries\/UNC-Chapel Hill, National Geographic<\/em>"},"media":{"url":"","caption":false,"credit":false,"thumbnail":false},"background":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/small-lobster.jpg"}},{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"1895"},"end_date":{"day":"31","month":"12","year":"1895"},"display_date":"1895","text":{"headline":"Maine Lobster Canneries Cease Operation","text":"The new regulations preventing the harvest of adolescent lobsters led to an unprofitable canning industry due to its reliance on the small \"snappers\". As one cannery after another closed down, the halting production made accessibility to lobster outside of Maine difficult. <em>Photo courtesy of Institute for New Economic Thinking<\/em>\r\n\r\n________________________________________________________________\r\n\r\nAcheson, The Lobster Gangs of Maine, 5"},"media":{"url":"","caption":false,"credit":false,"thumbnail":false},"background":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/out-of-business.jpg"}},{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"1903"},"end_date":{"day":"31","month":"12","year":"1903"},"display_date":"1903","text":{"headline":"Gas Engines Introduced to Lobstering Industry","text":"Small, gas-powered, two-cycle engines were introduced to sail-powered lobster boats in order to assist the boats on days when the wind was weak. However, as engine technology advanced, they\u00a0became\u00a0the boats' main power source. Lobstermen could now set their traps in new areas and\u00a0cover more ground in a day, which increased production. <em>Photo courtesy The Southwest Harbor Public Library Collection of Photographs, via profilesmaine.com<\/em>\r\n\r\n________________________________________________________________\r\n\r\nConkling, The Rise of Lobstering, 193"},"media":{"url":"","caption":false,"credit":false,"thumbnail":false},"background":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/SWHPL-124402.jpg"}},{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"1906"},"end_date":{"day":"31","month":"12","year":"1907"},"display_date":"1906 - 1907","text":{"headline":"Maine Lobstermen Band Together","text":"Declining lobster catches were attributed to the increasing issue of short, young lobsters being taken. Midcoast Maine lobstermen grouped together to form associations\u00a0to protect their livelihood. Through this community work, specifically the creation of the Lobsterman's National Protective Association, the lobstermen were able\u00a0increase the minimum size of a catchable lobster to a body shell length of 3.25 inches. This is in Maine law under Title 12, Section 6431. <em>Photo courtesy of Jacob Watt, National Geographic (Photo Camp: Maine Islands)<\/em>\r\n\r\n________________________________________________________________\r\n\r\nConkling, The Rise of Lobstering, 192-193\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;"},"media":{"url":"","caption":false,"credit":false,"thumbnail":false},"background":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/measuring-lobster_8468_990x742.jpg"}},{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"1930"},"end_date":{"day":"31","month":"12","year":"1980"},"display_date":"1930's - 1980's","text":{"headline":"Lobster Prices Changed Significantly","text":"During the Great Depression, the price of lobster decreased to three cents a pound. As a result of these low prices,\u00a0lobstermen stopped fishing as it was nearly impossible to earn a profit. The lull in production prompted technological advancement as lobstermen needed ways to fish more productively;\u00a0lobstermen needed to catch more lobsters in day to\u00a0counteract the low prices. <em>Graph courtesy of Chiffrephile Consulting<\/em>\r\n\r\n________________________________________________________________\r\n\r\nAcheson, The Lobster Gangs of Maine, 6"},"media":{"url":"","caption":false,"credit":false,"thumbnail":false},"background":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/lobster-chart.png"}},{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"1950"},"end_date":{"day":"31","month":"12","year":"1970"},"display_date":"1950 - 1970","text":{"headline":"Hydraulic Pot Haulers","text":"In the 1950s, Hydraulic Pot Haulers were introduced which allowed lobstermen to pick up significantly more traps than before. In 1948 there were 15.9 million pounds of lobsters harvested\u00a0and in 1960, after the hydraulic pot hauler was introduced, there were 22.8 million pounds of lobsters harvested. <em>Photo courtesy of Blue Ocean Tackle inc.<\/em>\r\n\r\n________________________________________________________________\r\n\r\nAcheson, Tricks of the Trade, 84-85"},"media":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/11\/Trap-out-of-water-1.gif","caption":"Watch as the hauler pulls the trap to the surface with such ease and fluidity.","credit":"<i>Video courtesy of Erin Murphy<\/i>","thumbnail":false},"background":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/deep_long_line_setup.jpg"}},{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"1996"},"end_date":{"day":"31","month":"12","year":"1998"},"display_date":"1996 - 1998","text":{"headline":"Limitations on Traps and Licenses","text":"Maine issued a statewide limit of 1,200 traps and instituted localized management zones. These regulations provided a sustainable future for the lobster stocks. Then, in 1998, Maine enacted a moratorium on issuance of new lobster fishing licenses and mandated an apprenticeship program for future entrants. These laws were created to preserve midcoast Maine's significant, yet fragile lobstering community. <em>Map courtesy of followyourfish.com<\/em>\r\n\r\n________________________________________________________________\r\n\r\nAcheson, Tricks of the Trade, 90"},"media":{"url":"","caption":false,"credit":false,"thumbnail":false},"background":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/lobsterzonesmap.jpg"}},{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"2011"},"end_date":{"day":"31","month":"12","year":"2011"},"display_date":"2011","text":{"headline":"Largest Maine Lobster Catch","text":"In 2011, the Maine lobster catch was reported at nearly 125 million pounds, larger than any other catch recorded in Maine. Even though lobster production has increased by 100 million pounds since 1898, the population remains stable as a result of all the technological advancements and regulations put into effect. <em>Photo courtesy of WASSSP Multibeam<\/em>\r\n\r\n________________________________________________________________\r\n\r\nUniversity of Maine, Lobstering Basics - History"},"media":{"url":"","caption":false,"credit":false,"thumbnail":false},"background":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/Burkhart5.jpg"}},{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"2000"},"end_date":{"day":"24","month":"05","year":"2005"},"display_date":"Early 2000's","text":{"headline":"New Technology: Seeing the Unseen","text":"The invention and popularization of the depth finder and sounder, as well as radar, allowed for more efficient and safe fishing practices. Lobstermen could choose specific depths to place their traps and pinpoint them on a map. These advancements allowed for further increases in production by making the time spent fishing more effective. <em>Photo courtesy of MaxSea Marine Navigation Software<\/em>\r\n\r\n________________________________________________________________\r\n\r\nAcheson, Tricks of the Trade, 85"},"media":{"url":"","caption":false,"credit":false,"thumbnail":false},"background":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/WASSP_MXTZ_PLOT_2.jpg"}},{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"2016"},"display_date":"Present","text":{"headline":"Turning Back Time: Lobster is No Longer a Luxury Food","text":"Through the late 20th century, lobster was considered a luxury food, primarily consumed by the wealthy.\u00a0In his 2005 book, <em>Consider the Lobster, <\/em>Wallace\u00a0wrote, \"now, of course, lobster is posh, a delicacy, only a step or two down from caviar.\" Now, with the significant improvements in lobstering technology and implementation of sustainable regulations, lobster production has increased to record amounts. As lobster has become more accessible, it has also started to lose its prestige.\u00a0The history of Maine's lobster production is one in which technology and regulation push and pull at each other to sustain the long term health of the lobster stock, and therefore the livelihood of Maine's coastal and island communities. <em>Photo courtesy of WBUR.org<\/em>\r\n\r\n________________________________________________________________\r\n\r\nJosh Barrie, The Telegraph, From Lobster to Sushi: Foods of the Poor that Became Luxury Items"},"media":{"url":"","caption":false,"credit":false,"thumbnail":false},"background":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/unnamed-1.jpg"}},{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"11","year":"2016"},"text":{"headline":"Lobster Sources","text":"Acheson, James M. The Lobster Gangs of Maine. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1988.\r\n\r\n\r\nBarrie, Josh. \"From Lobster to Sushi: Foods of the Poor That Became Luxury Items.\" The Telegraph. 2016. Accessed October 27, 2016. http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/food-and-drink\/features\/from-lobster-to-sushi-foods-of-the-poor-that-became-luxury-items\/. \r\n\r\n\r\nConkling, Philip W. Islands in Time: A Natural and Human History of the Islands of Maine. Camden, Me.: Down East Books, 1981. \r\n\r\n\r\nHistory.com Staff. \"A Taste of Lobster History.\" History.com. 2011. Accessed November 20, 2016. http:\/\/www.history.com\/news\/a-taste-of-lobster-history. \r\n\r\n\r\nMaine.gov. \"A Guide to Lobstering in Maine - July 2009.\" A Guide to Lobstering in Maine. July 01, 2009. Accessed October 28, 2016. http:\/\/www.maine.gov\/dmr\/science-research\/species\/lobster\/guide\/index.html. \r\n\r\n\r\nMarsh, John. \"Digital Histories of Maine's Lobster Industry.\" John Marsh. Accessed October 22, 2016. http:\/\/johnmarsh.us\/category\/lobster\/. \r\n\r\n\r\nWallace, David Foster. \"Consider the Lobster.\" Gourmet Magazine, August 01, 2004, 50-54. \r\n"},"media":{"url":"","caption":false,"credit":false,"thumbnail":false},"background":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/IMG_3302.jpg"}}],"language":"en"};
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	var	timeline_json = {"title":{"text":{"headline":"Without Pretense: Modernity and the Art of the Midcoast","text":"Maine has long held a reputation as a place to escape from modernity. As other places have\u00a0modernized, images of Maine continue to portray it as remote, bucolic, and pastoral. This is a story Maine tells itself about itself: that it is timeless, unadulterated, and classically rugged. Maine artists have been instrumental in the construction and maintenance\u00a0of this narrative, \u00a0regardless of its truth. The result is an imaginary that does not simply distort\u00a0Maine's character, but embellishes it."},"media":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/BattlegroundPow.jpg","caption":"Andrew DeStaebler, Chang Zhang, Lucas Hickok, Luke Rector, Rebecca Gray","credit":false}},"scale":"human","events":[{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"1971"},"display_date":"1971","text":{"headline":"","text":""},"media":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-24-at-10.18.11-PM.png","caption":false,"credit":"George Tice","thumbnail":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-24-at-10.18.11-PM.png"},"background":{"color":"#cccccc"}},{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"1980"},"display_date":"1980","text":{"headline":"","text":""},"media":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/PentecostPow.jpg","caption":false,"credit":"Peter Ralston","thumbnail":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/PentecostPow.jpg"},"background":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/IMG_0553-e1477401499612.jpg"}},{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"1948"},"display_date":"1948","text":{"headline":"","text":""},"media":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/christinas-world.jpg","caption":false,"credit":"Andrew Wyeth","thumbnail":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/christinas-world.jpg"},"background":{"color":"#cccccc"}},{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"1960"},"display_date":"1960","text":{"headline":"","text":""},"media":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/geraniums.jpg","caption":false,"credit":"Andrew Wyeth","thumbnail":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/geraniums.jpg"},"background":{"color":"#cccccc"}},{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"1933"},"display_date":"1933","text":{"headline":"","text":""},"media":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/Coot-Hunter.jpg","caption":false,"credit":"Andrew Wyeth","thumbnail":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/Coot-Hunter.jpg"},"background":{"color":"#cccccc"}},{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"1886"},"display_date":"1886","text":{"headline":"","text":""},"media":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-25-at-11.17.00-AM.png","caption":false,"credit":"Winslow Homer","thumbnail":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-25-at-11.17.00-AM.png"},"background":{"color":"#cccccc"}},{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"1913"},"display_date":"1913","text":{"headline":"","text":""},"media":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-25-at-11.17.07-AM.png","caption":false,"credit":"George Bellows","thumbnail":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-25-at-11.17.07-AM.png"},"background":{"color":"#cccccc"}},{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"1920"},"display_date":"Circa 1920","text":{"headline":"","text":""},"media":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-25-at-11.17.16-AM.png","caption":false,"credit":"Eric Hudson","thumbnail":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-25-at-11.17.16-AM.png"},"background":{"color":"#cccccc"}},{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"2011"},"display_date":"2011-Present","text":{"headline":"","text":""},"media":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-01-at-11.10.05-AM.png","caption":false,"credit":false,"thumbnail":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-25-at-11.25.27-AM.png"},"background":{"color":"#cccccc"}},{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"02","year":"1886"},"display_date":"1886","text":{"headline":"Eight Bells","text":"Ultimately the namesake for N.C. Wyeth\u2019s Port Clyde home, this Winslow Homer oil painting acts as a sort of ode to Maine\u2019s unruly wilderness. This piece was created at the peak of America\u2019s Gilded Age, during which laissez faire policy allowed big business to boom in the wake of tremendous technological advancement. Yet beneath this glossy surface, a growing wealth gap between America\u2019s laboring and aristocratic classes festered. \u201cEight Bells\u201d is illustrative of rural Mainers\u2019 struggle to maintain not only economic security, but also an idealistic image of \u201crugged individualism\u201d, as referenced by Acheson\u2019s \u201cLobster Gangs of Maine\u201d, in this tumultuous time. Homer offers frothing saltwater as his backdrop in place of any land formation, conjuring emotions of intimidating isolation in his audience. Yet the two men featured here appear unconcerned; instead, they navigate the inclement weather with calm focus. They embody what Mainers strive to be: hearty."},"media":{"url":"","caption":false,"credit":false,"thumbnail":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-25-at-11.17.00-AM.png"},"background":{"color":"#3b92dd"}},{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"11","year":"2016"},"text":{"headline":"Works Cited","text":"<ul>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Theroux, Paul. \u201cBetsy\u2019s World-Part I, Betsy Wyeth\u2019s Life on Benner Island, Off the Coast of Maine.\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Architectural Digest<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 60, no. 6 (June 2003): 172\u2013183.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tice, George. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Painted Lobster Buoys, Stonington, Maine<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. 1971. Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville. In <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Colby.edu<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/museum\/?s=Painted Lobster Buoys, Stonington, Maine&amp;obj=Obj5249?sid=43&amp;x=80384.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wang, Nanfei. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fishing Season.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2011. Dowling Walsh Gallery. <\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Welliver, Neil. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Islands Allagash<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. 1979. Colby College Museum of Art.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Waters, Christina. \"MetroActive Arts | Neil Welliver: Contemporary American Landscapes.\" MetroActive Arts. March 15, 2000. <\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wyeth, Andrew. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christina's World<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. 1948. Museum of Modern Art, New York City.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kim, Hannah \"Museum of Modern Art | MoMA.\" The Museum of Modern Art. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moma.org\/explore\/inside_out\/2012\/11\/21\/a-closer-look-at-christinas-world\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.moma.org\/explore\/inside_out\/2012\/11\/21\/a-closer-look-at-christinas-world\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wyeth, Andrew. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coot Hunter<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. 1933. Olivia Shaler Swan Memorial Collection, Art Institute of Chicago. C., C. C. \"Andrew Wyeth Exhibition.\" <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Calendar of the Art Institute of Chicago<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 61, no. 2 (1967): 1. doi:10.2307\/4112798.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wyeth, Andrew. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Geraniums. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1960. Private Collection.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Olson House | Farnsworth Art Museum.\" Olson House | Farnsworth Art Museum. 2011. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.farnsworthmuseum.org\/olson-house\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/www.farnsworthmuseum.org\/olson-house<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Van Campen, Greta. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Year on Barter's Point Collection: Untitled. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2016. Dowling Walsh Gallery.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>"},"media":{"url":"","caption":false,"credit":false,"thumbnail":false},"background":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/IMG_0449.jpg"}},{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"02","year":"1971"},"display_date":"1971","text":{"headline":"Painted Lobster Buoys, Stonington Maine","text":"<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this photo, George Tice shows us a snapshot of a town that is fully invested in the lobstering industry. Boats and lobster traps have crept into the frame, blurring the lines between land and sea. Philip Conkling describes a similar scene in his book, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cold Coast: Island Communities. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFrom the edge of the harbor you get to see the subtle rhythms of life on the water. Time and experience are different on islands\u201d (Conkling, 18). This picture shows us just how these rhythms of life operate on islands- a job is more than just a job here. Lobstering is a way of life, always present in a Mainer\u2019s existence, and it has been for decades. Although the industry itself has undergone change as a result of advanced technology and unstable markets, the image of the lobsterman and his trusty buoy has never wavered. The rugged individualist that is the lobsterman remains a symbol of defiance in Maine, one that is unwilling to give in to the encroaching world around him.<\/span>"},"media":{"url":"","caption":false,"credit":false,"thumbnail":false},"background":{"color":"#bd98e2"}},{"start_date":{"day":"02","month":"01","year":"1920"},"display_date":"1920","text":{"headline":"Manana","text":"Hudson\u2019s depiction of Monhegan\u2019s small and virtually untouched sister island exemplifies the bucolic idealism that has long drawn artists to Maine\u2019s remote island communities: the desire to capture their elusive charm. Yet what audiences are not shown here is the island opposite this scene, one that will ultimately become quite developed and tourist-oriented. In fact, Monhegan is perhaps the most pertinent example of the experience that privilege enables for Maine Islanders. Though known for their simplicity of experience, Maine\u2019s islands are expensive to steal away to, and cultivating a picturesque life there takes a subtle combination of work and luck of circumstance. Here we see the significance of selective subject matter, and the endeavors of Maine artists to feature only what fits a quaint, pastoral brand that feels accessible to everyone, even if it is not."},"media":{"url":"","caption":false,"credit":false,"thumbnail":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/71f2d629641dada276616b41f3d398f7.jpg"},"background":{"color":"#a4e0a1"}},{"start_date":{"day":"02","month":"01","year":"1913"},"display_date":"1913","text":{"headline":"The Big Dory","text":"Here, Bellows captures a perpetual endeavor shared by both Maine\u2019s fishermen and artists: an attempt to capture an unyielding landscape. This struggle for control over landscape transcends the barrier between art and reality; just as the subjects of Bellows\u2019 painting band together to push a cumbersome boat among imposing crags, Bellows himself is challenged to convey an expansive and textured landscape both aesthetically and ideologically on canvas. Of course, he does so gracefully, with contrasting warm and cool hues, designed to highlight the juxtaposition of what is manmade and what is natural in the image, respectively. Yet perhaps what is most notable of this piece is its illustration of the value Maine places on community; surely all men pictured do not share ownership of the dory, but rather are helping a neighbor out. This is idyllic, and allows audiences nostalgia for simpler times, even if they may not have experienced them personally, and promises that such a world still exists in Maine."},"media":{"url":"","caption":false,"credit":false,"thumbnail":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/Herring_lo_res972x895.jpg"},"background":{"color":"#dd7373"}},{"start_date":{"day":"02","month":"01","year":"1933"},"display_date":"1933","text":{"headline":"Coot Hunter","text":"The Coot Hunter, painted in 1933, is one of Andrew Wyeth's first most famous paintings. It deviates from the style he is typically known for, and is painted with impressionistic watercolors. In this painting, Wyeth is quoted to be experimenting with the \"fleeting effects of light and movement.\" As consumers of this art, we are given a scene that speaks a lot to not only Maine landscape, but also the lifestyle of Maine. Moreover, we are able to see how Andrew Wyeth wants to represent Maine through his artwork. In this case, it is a hunter who is fully immersed, but almost dominated by the vast and intriguing land of Maine, which includes the ocean, the rocky coastline and an island dotted with pines in the distance. But none of this is visibly clear. In whatever style of art Andre Wyeth is using, he always manages to leave space for contemplation of the space itself. We are able to see what exactly is being painted, but the tactful lack of clarity and the subjects gaze into the distance pulls the viewer in to want to know more about Andrew Wyeth's thoughts, about what the man in the painting is thinking, and about the land of Maine."},"media":{"url":"","caption":false,"credit":false,"thumbnail":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/Coot-Hunter.jpg"},"background":{"color":"#5da4e2"}},{"start_date":{"day":"02","month":"01","year":"1948"},"display_date":"1948","text":{"headline":"Christina's World","text":"Christina's World is perhaps one of the most famous paintings to ever come out of the Maine art world. Painted in 1948 by Andrew Wyeth, the work depicts Wyeth's neighbor Christina Olson who had a severe case of Polio. Wyeth's style is referred to as magic realism, for creating a realistic representation of, most typically, a landscape scene that is painted in a way that gives the landscape a mystical, but not artificial feel. This painting's popularity rose in a time in America where the suburban class was thriving. Post-war consumerism, and the idea of settling down in a middle-class home and having a middle-class job with a family was the dominant mode of thought in America. Modernity was as potent as ever, yet Wyeth paints a different picture of America with his emphasis on open space and a natural essence. To Wyeth, Maine was an escape from the trap of modernity that the rest of America was falling into. To Wyeth, Christina Olson and her family provided him a lens through which to represent \"old Maine\"."},"media":{"url":"","caption":false,"credit":false,"thumbnail":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/christinas-world.jpg"},"background":{"color":"#dd7373"}},{"start_date":{"day":"02","month":"01","year":"2011"},"display_date":"2011","text":{"headline":"Fishing","text":"<span id=\"m_7128714365644435299gmail-docs-internal-guid-fff2fff2-2034-767a-4a26-980f90d7baf9\">Nanfei Wang, a native of China, depicts the Rockland Breakwater in a panoramic oil painting. Nanfei moved to Rockland in 2011, bringing a valuable outside perspective on coastal culture. Here, she captures the mystery of what lies beyond the Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse by infusing fog and abstraction of color. The breakwater was built between 1881 and 1899 with 700,000 tons of granite. It has since been this symbolic figure between Rockland's harbor and more relentless open ocean. Nanfei's depiction of fishermen and the Breakwater captures this commercial intrigue into the local culture that visitors often feel at the Breakwater. It is a place dividing rough sea from calm waters, all dictated by man. And yet, it is weaved into the physical landscape and culture to seem very natural. Throughout fog and choppy waters, Wang sees locals braving the weather and fishing off of the rocks. Her rugged construction of the landscape appeals to the vacationing consumer who seeks out a less grand and fabricated place to spend their time. Wang has similarly fallen in love with this simplicity of coastal Maine. She loves the fog, the humid air, lobster traps and sailboats--she has felt the \"nature of the dream world\" that is so uncharacteristic of Beijing's hectic streets. Her work is dictated by this concept of a natural dream world that so many visitors become entranced by, whether it exists beyond the surface of the communities or not. <\/span>The Breakwater represents a cultural shift to the town of Rockland, as its function is commercial, but its appeal is recreational. The same object or place can be perceived very differently by locals and visitors; for lobstermen, the Rockland Breakwater is commercial, providing the harbor protection and the lobstermen a lighthouse when in need. Conversely, a visitor likely sees it as an artful construction made for walks on vacation. Artists have long enjoyed depicting the commercial aspects of midcoast Maine to consumers. This rift in perception of place can cause locals and visitors to clash and divide."},"media":{"url":"","caption":false,"credit":false,"thumbnail":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-25-at-11.25.27-AM.png"},"background":{"color":"#efc77c"}},{"start_date":{"day":"02","month":"01","year":"1960"},"display_date":"1960","text":{"headline":"Geraniums","text":"<div dir=\"ltr\">Flash forward to 1960. Andrew Wyeth is still painting subjects from the same Maine family, the Olsons. Here we have potted Geraniums grown by Christina and placed on the window sill of their home in Cushing Maine, the same one that is in the background of\u00a0<i>Christina's World<\/i>. This painting has much less of an emphasis on nature in terms of its content, but at the same time it does. We are given the perspective of being outside this home, and can look through the home to the other side of the house where some pine trees are brightly lit in the background. The exterior of this home, which is in the foreground, is the antithesis of modern architecture. We see the weathered shingles of a farm house, which based on the history of Wyeth's paintings, has been around for over a few decades. While the window and the interior of this home are the true subjects of the painting, it is the outside of the home that is brightly sunlit. It is almost as if Christina is being called outside the home to interact with the outdoors. This painting's portrayal of home and family life is anything but typically American. The home, along with Andrew Wyeth's style of painting, remain timeless as America and its stylistic and technological trends move forward. Both the message and content of this painting speak towards a an experience of Maine that is separated and isolated from the Western world.<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"yj6qo ajU\"><\/div>"},"media":{"url":"","caption":false,"credit":false,"thumbnail":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/geraniums.jpg"},"background":{"color":"#efb38b"}},{"start_date":{"day":"02","month":"01","year":"1980"},"display_date":"1980","text":{"headline":"Pentecost","text":"Though Betsy was trying to avoid modernized city life, she could not avoid using tools from the modernized world to help to build the \u201cultimate refuge\u201d\u00a0for her and her husband. In the 1980s, Ralston was assigned the job to clean the Northern part of the island and kept it open. He purchased some sheep from an island eight miles away with his \u201cAllen Island partner-in-crime,\u201d Philip Conkling. To transport the sheep to the island, they had to borrow a dory. Also, to construct a pond, which Betsy has a particular affection for, pond hollowing equipment was moved to the island. She created a representation of Maine\u2019s anti-modernity using implement evolved from modernization, which, to some extent, is a kind of irony."},"media":{"url":"","caption":false,"credit":false,"thumbnail":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/PentecostPow.jpg"},"background":{"color":"#ffd6d6"}},{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"1991"},"display_date":"1991","text":{"headline":"","text":""},"media":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-01-at-8.19.51-AM.png","caption":false,"credit":false,"thumbnail":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-01-at-8.19.51-AM.png"},"background":{"color":"#cccccc"}},{"start_date":{"day":"02","month":"01","year":"1991"},"display_date":"1991","text":{"headline":"Island Journal Cover","text":"This 1991 Island Journal cover image is exemplary of the romanticized image of Maine's remote coastal and island communities perpetuated by Conkling and Ralston's shared labor of love: the Island Institute. This incredibly popular publication, released yearly to hoards of eager Institute members, features interviews with local figureheads, updates on the progress of the Institute's current initiatives, and local photography, amidst ads for locally grown kelp and heirloom tomatoes. The Island Journal is representative of a distinctly antimodern perspective, presented in a medium designed to function within a world that embraces modernity. The renewable energy initiatives it lauds are printed next to photographs captured with highly advanced photography equipment, yet the message they convey asserts the opposite, providing readers (and potential donors) with a romantic image."},"media":{"url":"","caption":false,"credit":false,"thumbnail":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-01-at-8.19.51-AM.png"},"background":{"color":"#4ca4e8"}},{"start_date":{"day":"02","month":"01","year":"1990"},"display_date":"1990","text":{"headline":"Islands Allagash","text":"Neil Welliver's work\u00a0<i>Islands Allagash\u00a0<\/i>(1990) proves his prowess as a realist landscape painter. Yet, while the aspect of realism seems so obvious in the painting, there is almost something surreal about it. The color palette and shadowless compositions provide an aesthetic that is not far from the pop art of David Hocknet. The feel of this painting is undoubtedly contemporary, but the subject is not. The fantastic and simultaneously realist nature of\u00a0<i>Islands Allagash<\/i>\u00a0makes viewers reconsider their relationship or understanding of the Maine landscape. It is physically accessible, but its divine essence is incomprehensible. The contemporary style in which this painting is done is relevant within the context of the art world in the 1990s. With the process of globalization on the rise in America, as well as the growing relevance of the internet and cable television, multiculturalism became a sign of the times. The art world became fragmented and disparate. The style of\u00a0<i>Islands Allagash\u00a0<\/i>exploits the artistic facets of modernism in order to represent Maine as a refuge from modernity itself."},"media":{"url":"","caption":false,"credit":false,"thumbnail":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/11\/allagash.png"},"background":{"color":"#6374e2"}},{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"1990"},"text":{"headline":"","text":""},"media":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/11\/allagash.png","caption":false,"credit":"Neil Welliver","thumbnail":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/11\/allagash.png"},"background":{"color":"#cccccc"}},{"start_date":{"day":"01","month":"01","year":"2016"},"text":{"headline":"","text":""},"media":{"url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-25-at-12.39.54-PM.png","caption":false,"credit":false,"thumbnail":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-25-at-12.39.54-PM.png"},"background":{"color":"#cccccc"}},{"start_date":{"day":"02","month":"01","year":"2016"},"display_date":"2016","text":{"headline":"A Year on Barter's Point Collection: Untitled","text":"In 2016, Greta Van Campen spent her time in her studio in Barter's Point, Tenants Harbor. Van Campen\u2019s work at Barter\u2019s Point is unique because her perception of the landscape is solely dictated by nature. She is fascinated by nature\u2019s influence on a single location. Her modern abstraction allows her to change a single landscape drastically through variance in colors and lines. While the practice of portraying Maine as a naturally untouched and sensational place remains unchanged through eras of art, the design and style has prominently evolved to modern consumer tastes. Her simplification of landscape romanticizes the palette at a point in time. Her work represents this consumer desire for raw coastline solely influenced by the wonderful forces of the sun, clouds, wind, and waves--untouched by man. Van Campen causes nature to be the guiding force in her images, free of human manipulation. The simplicity of the two men in the boat allows this piece to appear frozen by time; a similar depiction could have been painted 100 years prior. Her large landscapes of Barter's Point represent seasonal natural forces to the cove, while she diligently painted smaller landscapes to capture the allure of each hour of a single day. Landscape is changing in color, while physical place and space stagnates. Van Campen is inspired by these constant changes between both the changing seasons, as well as morning and night."},"media":{"url":"","caption":false,"credit":false,"thumbnail":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/allen-island\/files\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-25-at-12.39.54-PM.png"},"background":{"color":"#dd5f5f"}}],"language":"en"};
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