Category: Medicine & health
- Historical Items (891)
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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 1143
Deadly poison warning, Portland, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 8876
Baker's dozen at Maine General Hospital, Portland, 1953
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1953-03-11 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 18415
Peter F. Sanborn letter concerning diphtheria deaths, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper
Item 18416
Sarah Sanborn letter on death, disease, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Kents Hill; Augusta Media: Ink on paper
Item 18417
Sarah Sanborn letter to father, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Readfield; Augusta Media: Ink on paper
Item 18423
Peter Sanborn letter to daughter, 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Kents Hill; Augusta Media: Ink on paper
Item 20387
Home Delivery Baby Scales, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Fryeburg Historical Society Date: circa 1938 Location: Fryeburg Media: Metal
Item 23815
Hannah Pierce letter about nieces, sister, 1850
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1850 Location: West Dennis Media: Ink on paper
Item 61962
Portland Street, West Buxton, 1913
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1913 Location: Buxton; Standish Media: Postcard
Item 82305
Expenses for treating family with smallpox, Portland, ca. 1825
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1825 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 82306
Permission for Capt. Webb to enter hospital, Portland, 1828
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1828 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 105830
"Hang in there" sign, Brunswick, 2020
Courtesy of Tilly Laskey, an individual partner Date: 2020-04-24 Location: Brunswick Media: Digital image
Item 105831
Teddy bear in pandemic mask, Brunswick, 2020
Courtesy of Tilly Laskey, an individual partner Date: 2020-04-24 Location: Brunswick Media: Digital image
Item 105844
A cheerful sign of appreciation for COVID-19 workers, Long Island, 2020
Courtesy of Nancy Noble, an individual partner Date: 2020-05-04 Location: Long Island Media: Digital image
Item 105845
Corner of Pleasant and Park Streets during the Coronavirus pandemic, Portland, 2020
Courtesy of Ellen Murphy, an individual partner Date: 2020 Location: Portland Media: Digital image
Item 105846
Thank you sign for health care workers, Houlton, 2020
Courtesy of Henry Gartley, an individual partner Date: 2020-05-06 Location: Houlton Media: Digital image
Item 7469
Dr. Charles Oliver Hunt, Portland, ca. 1903
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1903 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 14116
Jo Laffey, Children's Hospital, Portland, 1934
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1934 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 14129
Children's Hospital, Portland, 1934
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1934 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 14130
Nurses, Children's Hospital, Portland, 1934
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1934 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 14131
Pauline Johnson, Portland, 1934
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1934 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 14147
Contributed by: National Archives at Boston Date: 1936 Location: Eastport Media: Photographic print
Item 16194
Eastern Maine General Hospital Children's Ward, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Eastern Maine Medical Center Date: circa 1910 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print
Item 16207
Surgical unit, Bangor General Hospital, 1899
Contributed by: Eastern Maine Medical Center Date: 1899 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print