These are simply the best posters available! You will be thrilled with the image quality, vivid colors, fine paper, and unique subjects.
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This beautiful reproduction poster has been re-mastered from an original 1950s Ski Maine poster created by American artist Francis Hamabe. The poster features Sugarloaf, Maine’s key ski resort. With its white "triangular jewel,” Sugarloaf has the only snowfields in the state that are above the treeline, providing skiing for experts in the East.
The vibrant colors and detail of this classic image have been painstakingly brought back to life to preserve a great piece of history.
The high-resolution image is printed on heavy archival photo paper, on a large-format, professional giclée process printer. The poster is shipped in a rigid cardboard tube, and is ready for framing.
The 13"x19" and 24”x36” formats are excellent image sizes that look great as a stand-alone piece of art, or grouped as a visual statement. The 24”x36” posters have a 1” white border. These posters require no cutting, trimming, or custom framing, and a wide variety of these frames are readily available at your local craft or hobby retailer, and online.
A great vintage print for your home, shop, or business!
HISTORY OF ARTIST FRANCIS HAMABE AND MAINE
ARTIST FRANCIS HAMABE
Francis Emritz Hamabe (1917-2002) was an American artist of Japanese and Swedish descent. He worked primarily in the state of Maine, and was best known for his screen printing, oil painting, and Sumi ink drawing. Hamabe also produced commercial advertising murals, and drew cartoons for magazines including The New Yorker and The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Born: August 1, 1917, City of Orange, NJ
Died: March 2, 2002, Bristol, RI
HISTORY OF MAINE
Maine is the northernmost state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is the 12th smallest by area, the 9th least populous, and the 13th least densely populated of the 50 U.S. states. It is bordered by New Hampshire to the west, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Québec to the northeast and northwest, respectively. Maine is the only state to border just one other state, is the easternmost among the contiguous United States, and is the northernmost state east of the Great Lakes.
Maine is known for its jagged, rocky coastline; low, rolling mountains; heavily forested interior; and picturesque waterways, as well as its seafood cuisine, especially lobster and clams. There is a humid continental climate throughout most of the state, including coastal areas. Maine's most populous city is Portland and its capital is Augusta.
For thousands of years, indigenous peoples were the only inhabitants of the territory that is now Maine. At the time of European arrival in what is now Maine, several Algonquian-speaking peoples inhabited the area. The first European settlement in the area was by the French in 1604 on Saint Croix Island, by Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons. The first English settlement was the short-lived Popham Colony, established by the Plymouth Company in 1607. Several English settlements were established along the coast of Maine in the 1620s, although the rugged climate, deprivations, and conflict with the local peoples caused many to fail over the years.
As Maine entered the 18th century, only a half dozen European settlements had survived. Loyalist and Patriot forces contended for Maine's territory during the American Revolution. During the War of 1812, the largely-undefended eastern region of Maine was occupied by British forces, but returned to the United States following failed British offensives on the northern border, mid-Atlantic and south which produced a peace treaty that was to include dedicated land on the Michigan peninsula for Native American peoples. Maine was part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts until 1820, when it voted to secede from Massachusetts to become a separate state. On March 15, 1820, under the Missouri Compromise, it was admitted to the Union as the 23rd state.
