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Historical Items

These results include photographs, documents, letters, paintings, artifacts, and many other kinds of Maine related items from collections around the state and elsewhere.


Item 10551

William Bayley letter to mother, July 7, 1778

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1778-07-07 Location: Valley Forge; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10552

William Bayley to mother, October 30, 1778

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1778-10-30 Location: Hartford; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10554

William Bayley letter to mother, January 28, 1780

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1780-01-28 Location: Portland; West Point Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10557

William Bayley letter to mother, October 7, 1781

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1781-10-07 Location: Portland; West Point Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10558

Letter from William Bayley to mother, September 11, 1782

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1782-09-11 Location: West Point; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 22424

John Adams letter North Yarmouth residents, 1798

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1798-10-31 Location: North Yarmouth; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 104493

Daguerreotype of Horatio Woodman in fur, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Portland; Buxton Media: Daguerreotype

Item 30956

Tree Baptist Temple, Ocean Park, ca. 1910

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Photographic print

Item 27915

Fire at Centre and Front streets, Bath, 1894

Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: 1894 Location: Bath Media: Photographic print

Item 16579

Steam ferry Schoodic, Winter Harbor, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Winter Harbor Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Winter Harbor Media: Photographic print

Item 9317

Manual training workshop, Greely Institute, 1935

Contributed by: Cumberland Historical Society Date: 1935 Location: Cumberland Media: Photographic print

Item 27942

Front Street postcard, Bath, ca. 1914

Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: circa 1914 Location: Bath Media: Postcard

Item 20923

Sketch of Dartmoor Prison, 1815

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1815 Location: Princeton Media: Ink, watercolor on paper

Item 31743

Josiah Pierce on Pierce inauguration, Washington, D.C., 1853

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1853 Location: Washington Media: Ink on paper

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Item 36106

Josiah Pierce on death of daughter, 1877

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1877 Location: London Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100328

Eunice Sewall on trip to Choctaw County, Alabama, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863-12-02 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 28453

Sagadahoc County Courthouse, Bath , ca. 1885

Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: circa 1885 Location: Bath Media: Photographic print

Item 105949

Ed Byrnes' cottage, Lot #43 Leisure Lane, Frye Island, ca. 1970

Contributed by: Frye Island Historical Society Date: circa 1970 Location: Frye Island Media: Photographic print

Item 16875

Edward Preble quadrant, ca. 1780

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1780 Media: Wood, ivory, brass

Item 18925

Chest from the ship "Boxer," ca. 1813

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1812 Media: Wood, iron

Item 23850

Josiah Pierce on Civil War, Gorham, 1861

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Gorham; Baldwin Media: Ink on paper

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Item 28359

G.W. Pierce to mother on trip, Burlington, Vt., 1835

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1835 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 31745

Letter on diplomatic appointment, Washington, D.C., 1853

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1853 Location: Washington Media: Ink on paper

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Item 31865

Josiah Pierce letter on activities in Russia, 1856

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1856 Location: Saint Petersburg Media: Ink on paper

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