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


Item 6396

Crazy quilt, Camden, 1886

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1886 Location: Camden Media: Satin, velvet, silk

Item 6398

Album quilt, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Media: Cotton

Item 6400

Blanchard/Porter wedding quilt, 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1850 Location: Cumberland Center Media: Cotton, linen
This record contains 19 images.

Item 6402

Valentine toile quilt, ca. 1800

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1800 Location: Canton Media: Fabric

Item 6403

Ruby Jane Brown quilt, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Pittsfield Media: Cotton

Item 6670

Albra Lord, Lovell, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Lovell Historical Society Date: circa 1925 Location: Lovell Media: Photographic print

Item 7656

Keyhole porringer, Portland, ca. 1789

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1789 Location: Portland Media: Silver

Item 9322

Wall Hanging from Quilt from Falmouth, 1884

Contributed by: Cumberland Historical Society Date: 1884 Location: Cumberland Media: Textile

Item 10361

James Duffy's powder horn, ca. 1848

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1848 Location: Houlton Media: Cow horn

Item 12305

Cookie Cutter, ca. 1885

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1885 Location: Brunswick Media: Metal

Item 13478

Apple corer and parer tool, Lovell, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Lovell Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Lovell Media: Iron

Item 14083

Glass butter churn, Littleton, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1920 Location: Littleton Media: Glass, metal, wood

Item 21148

Trunk, New Sweden, 1860

Contributed by: New Sweden Historical Society Date: 1860 Location: New Sweden Media: Wood, iron

Item 22992

Dinner pail, Mapleton, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Haystack Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Mapleton Media: Enameled steel

Item 26530

Samuel Libby powder horn, Scarborough, 1723

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1723 Location: Scarborough Media: Carved horn

Item 26545

Turner quilt, Palermo, 1818

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1818 Location: Turner Media: Wool

Item 26556

Theresa Latham peace quilt section, Portland, 1985

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1985 Location: Portland Media: Cotton

Item 48980

Abby D. Crosby, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: Albion Media: Daguerreotype

Item 66876

Wooden pantry box of T. L. Richardson, Strong, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Strong Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Strong Media: Bent wood

Item 80735

Collar box and collars, Passamaquoddy, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: circa 1880 Media: Birch bark, spruce root, sweetgrass, linen

Item 100191

Longfellow cradle, Portland, 1805

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1805 Location: Portland Media: Mahogany, brass

Item 100678

Caroline Washburn Holmes, Minneapolis, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: circa 1900 Location: Minneapolis Media: Photographic print

Item 103967

Anne Longfellow Pierce's chocolate drinking cup, Portland, ca. 1780

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1780 Location: Portland Media: Porcelain
This record contains 4 images.

Item 104991

"No Place Like Home" sampler, Westport Island, ca. 1875

Contributed by: Dedee Greenleaf-Hodgdon through Westport Island History Committee Date: circa 1875 Location: Westport Island Media: Burlap, silk