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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 63068

Marion Stinson band memories, Swan's Island, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Swan's Island Media: Mp3

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Item 67944

Opera Company's Tenth Anniversary festival schedule, Surry, 1994

Contributed by: Susan and Charles Guilford through Surry Historical Society Date: 1994 Location: Surry Media: Bone colored linen type paper with black ink

Item 102272

"A Down East Yankee From the District of Maine," 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1920 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102377

"Aunt Hannah and Aunt Abigail," Kingfield, ca. 1898

Contributed by: Stanley Museum on deposit at Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1898 Location: Kingfield Media: Lantern slide, hand colored

Item 102415

Lucy Butts Carvill with spinning wheel, New Portland, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Stanley Museum on deposit at Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: New Portland Media: Lantern slide, hand colored

Item 102455

"Little red school house," Stowe, Vermont, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Stanley Museum on deposit at Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Stowe Media: Lantern slide, hand colored

Item 103637

Unidentified man, ca. 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1845 Location: Readfield Media: Tintype

Item 104496

Ernest Perry, ca. 1854

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1854 Media: Tintype

Item 111870

Chansonetta Stanley Emmons self portrait, Newton, Massachusetts, 1904

Contributed by: Stanley Museum on deposit at Maine Historical Society Date: 1904 Location: Kingfield; Newton Media: Photographic print

Item 148475

Elise Fellows White in Portland, 1914

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1914 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 15523

Cumston Hall Auditorium Stage and Curtain, Monmouth, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Monmouth Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Monmouth Media: Glass Negative

Item 6821

Leviathan March composition, 1856

Contributed by: Portland Public Library Date: 1856 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 11078

Fiddle Festival, Benton, 1981

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1981-07-26 Location: Benton Media: Photographic print

Item 13212

Houlton Community Band, 1924

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1924-08-28 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 23531

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Cambridge, 1881

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1881 Media: Engraving

Item 33291

Pierre L. Painchaud, Biddeford, ca. 1885

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1885 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 42396

'Exhibition of Pictures' program, Portland, 1923

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1923-12-15 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 98809

Adolf Bolm bookplate, 1920

Contributed by: Cary Memorial Library in Wayne Date: 1920 Location: Wayne Media: Ink on paper

Item 98814

Walter M. Aikman bookplate, 1914

Contributed by: Cary Memorial Library in Wayne Date: 1914 Location: Wayne Media: Ink on paper

Item 102460

Hollyhocks, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Stanley Museum on deposit at Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Kingfield Media: Lantern slide, hand colored

Item 102478

Uncle Tristam at the well, Kingfield, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Stanley Museum on deposit at Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Kingfield Media: Lantern slide

Item 102516

Uncle Tristam at the well, Kingfield, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Stanley Museum on deposit at Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Kingfield Media: Glass Negative

Item 104212

Madame Ernestine Schumann-Heink performance flyer, Portland, ca. 1928

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1928 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 77

Augusta observatory, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print