Maine Lobsterman Sculpture created by Victor Kahill

 The Maine Lobsterman Sculpture is my fifth site I went to see. It was a beautiful sunny day out when I went to see this sculpture. The sculpture is located in front of the Nickelodeon theater in Portland. The sculpture that is located in Portland is not the original sculpture that Victor Kahill created. The original Maine Lobsterman Sculpture that Kahill created was made out of plaster and was showed of at the 1939 World's Fair in the Hall of States exhibit. The sculpture located in Portland was created out of bronze in 1974 and was placed in Public Square in 1977 by Portland City Council. Fun fact their are two other copies of this sculpture are located in Washington D.C and Harpwell, Maine.

Historical Importance:  
When Victor Kahill create the Maine Lobsterman Sculpture and brought it to the World's Fair he wanted to show the rest of the World that lobstering is not just a way to make a wage in the state of Maine, but lobstering a way of life more many people in Maine. This sculpture does not just represent lobsterman in Maine but the whole fishing industry in Maine and how the fishing industry plays a huge role in Maine culture. People have been fishing Maine's sea for many years before people even settled in Maine. Also, Maine has always been known as main producer of lobster in the United States. In turn makes the fishing industry in Maine strong through out history. An example of lobstering being back of Maine culture for ages is Monhegan Island, which is off the coast of Maine. The main income of all the people living on Monhegan is trapping and selling lobsters and they have been doing this as late as 1883 and have been trapping and selling lobsters even today. This is a great example of how lobsters be a part of the history of Maine's culture.

Sources: The Lobster Coast by Colin Woodard
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