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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 4176

Falmouth Neck before burning, 1775

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1775-10-18 Location: Portland Media: Paper

Item 4324

Androscoggin and Kennebec Rivers, ca. 1720

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1720 Media: Ink on paper

Item 6044

Joshua Freeman powder horn, 1767

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1767 Location: Portland Media: Horn, wood

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Item 6949

Charter for New Ireland, 1780

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1780-08-10 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10123

Webster-Ashburton anniversary proclamation, 1992

Contributed by: Fort Kent Historical Society Date: 1842-08-08 Location: Fort Kent Media: Ink on paper

Item 10432

Levi W. Smith, Vinalhaven, 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1880 Location: Vinalhaven Media: Photoprint

Item 11310

Chapman form 31, Bangor, 1863

Contributed by: Cary Library Date: 1863-09-01 Location: Houlton; Bangor Media: Ink on paper

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Item 11454

Fort Land, Brunswick, 1763

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1763-08-11 Location: Brunswick; Topsham Media: Ink on paper

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Item 11475

Samuel Cook letter on U.S.-Canadian border, 1842

Contributed by: Cary Library Date: circa 1842 Location: Houlton; Frankfort Media: Ink on paper

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Item 12841

John Chandler, Portland, ca. 1810

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1810 Location: Portland; Monmouth; Epping Media: Photographic print

Item 12941

Plan of the Kennebec River, Nov. 1763

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1763 Location: Richmond Media: Ink on paper
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Item 14888

York Street fire cleanup, Bangor, 1945

Contributed by: Hose 5 Fire Museum Date: 1945-01-29 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Item 15885

Longfellow National Historic Site, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1990

Contributed by: NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Date: 1990 Location: Cambridge Media: Wood

Item 16032

Elks Club Building, Houlton, 1914

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1914-07-04 Location: Houlton Media: Photo negative

Item 16128

Mildred Burrage's painted map of 1775 destroyed Falmouth Neck, 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1775-10-18 Location: Portland Media: Painted gesso

Item 16342

Houlton's Fourth of July Parade, 1892

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1892 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 16673

Presque Isle Memorial Day parade, 1944

Contributed by: Presque Isle Air Museum Date: 1944-05-30 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print

Item 18835

American Legion Post 47 Drum and Bugle Corps, Houlton, 1932

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1932-06-23 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 21561

Isaac Sharpless, South Portland, 1943

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1943-02-20 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 22428

Alice Greele's tavern, Portland, 1775

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1775 Location: Portland Media: Pencil, pen on paper

Item 22834

G.A.R. Parade, Bridge Street, Springvale, 1903

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: 1903 Location: Sanford Media: Print from glass negative

Item 22919

Parade Forming on Bridge Street, Springvale, ca. 1898

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1898 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative

Item 23272

Biddeford Pool beach-houses, 1910

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1910 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 26024

Bucksport, 1859

Contributed by: Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands Date: 1859 Location: Bucksport Media: Photograph of painting