Rufus Porter’s Curious World: Art and Invention in America, 1815-1860 Full-Zips As Calvin and his aunt

As Calvin and his aunt traverse the continent

Package of inflatable latex balloons with Bowdoin polar bear medallion

By Tom Mandel

evolution is a forbidden topic of discussion

Stuart Kestenbaum is the Poet Laureate of Maine

Rufus Porter’s Curious World: Art and Invention in America, 1815-1860 Full-Zips As Calvin and his auntEdited by Laura Fecych Sprague and Justin Wolff Once called the Yankee Da Vinci, Rufus Porter was an itinerant portrait painter and muralist, a publisher and author, an inventor of mechanical improvements, and an impresario who engineered an airship that promised to fly gold rush prospectors from New York to California in three days. Through his diverse interests in painting, mechanics, aeronautics, and publishing, Rufus Porter helped transform art