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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 17523
Disbanding the Continental Army, November 3, 1783
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1783-11-03 Location: New Windsor Media: Digital image
Item 17524
George Washington at Monmouth, 1778
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1778 Location: Monmouth Media: Ink on paper
Item 17874
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1923 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Photographic print
Item 17953
Sealift/China Sea (AOT-170) at Searsport, ca. 1990
Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: circa 1990 Location: Searsport Media: Photographic print
Item 18418
Peter Sanborn letter to daughter, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: East Readfield Media: Ink on paper
Item 18444
Letter to Horatio Jose from George Shepley, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: New Orleans Media: Ink on paper
Item 18906
Theodore Barrell letter concerning debts, family issues, 1783
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1783 Location: York; Boston Media: Ink on paper
Item 18978
General Washington Before the Battle of Trenton, ca. 1845
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1845 Location: Trenton Media: Engraving
Item 19017
Catherine Bell remembers Christmas, Monticello, 1925-1943
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1925–1943 Location: Houlton; Monticello Media: MP3
Item 19107
Bar Harbor with War Ships, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Postcard
Item 19239
John M. Dillingham letter to mother, 1863
Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Freeport; Columbia; Richmond Media: Paper
Item 19260
Capt. John G. Dillingham letter to wife, December 21, 1861
Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Freeport; Bath; New York; Hamburg Media: Paper
Item 19261
John G. Dillingham to Margaret Dillingham, December 14, 1861
Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Freeport; Bath; New York; Hamburg Media: Paper
Item 19264
Letter written by Capt. John G. Dillingham to his wife Margaret, November 21, 1861
Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Freeport; Hamburg Media: Paper
Item 19266
John G. Dillingham letter to his wife, October 20, 1861
Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Freeport; Queenstown; Cork; Cape Horn; Antwerp Media: Paper
Item 19267
Capt. John G. Dillingham to his wife, June 27, 1861
Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Freeport; Callao Media: Paper
Item 19269
John G. Dillingham letter to wife, May 9, 1861
Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Freeport; Chinchas Islands; Cape Horn Media: Paper
Item 20246
Revolutionary War monument, Portland, ca. 1915
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 20670
New Sweden men meet during World War II, Germany, 1945
Contributed by: New Sweden Historical Society Date: circa 1945 Location: New Sweden Media: Photographic print
Item 20760
Baron St. Castin (1650-1712), ca. 1670
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1670 Media: Ink on paper, etching
Item 20791
General Pepperrell at the Siege of Louisbourg, 1745
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1745 Location: Louisbourg Media: Ink on paper
Item 20848
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1925 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print
Item 20897
Old City Hall, Portland, ca. 1885
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1885 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 21092
Buoy Tender built by Mt. Desert Yacht Yard, ca. 1943
Contributed by: Great Harbor Maritime Museum Date: circa 1943 Location: Mount Desert; Ellsworth Media: Photographic print