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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 100200

Henry W. Longfellow 2nd, Portland, ca. 1851

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1851 Location: Portland Media: Daguerreotype

Item 100217

Marian Longfellow, Portland, ca. 1851

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1851 Location: Portland Media: Daguerreotype

Item 100290

Lorenzo Moulton letter to sister, Parsonsfield, 1860

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1860-06-18 Location: Parsonsfield; Lowell Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100292

Eunice Sewall and Eunice Day letter to Sewalls, Portland, 1845

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1845 Location: Portland; Mobile Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100294

Eunice Sewall to mother, Portland, ca. 1846

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1846 Location: Portland; Mobile Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100299

Letter from George Tate II to Robert Tate, Cronstat, 1801

Contributed by: Tate House Museum Date: 1801 Location: Portland; Cronstat Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100311

K.B. Sewall to daughter on names, education, Mobile, 1856

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1856-02-10 Location: Portland; Mobile Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100322

"Long live the King" button, Portland, ca. 1789

Contributed by: Tate House Museum Date: 1789 Location: Portland Media: Silver

Item 100371

Andrew Tyler Jr., Frankfort, ca. 1857

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1857 Location: Frankfort Media: Tintype

Item 100699

Caroline Washburn Holmes, Minneapolis, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: circa 1910 Location: Minneapolis Media: Photographic print

Item 101904

Lizzy Cromwell and daughter Dorothy, Westport Island, 1930

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1930 Location: Westport Island Media: Photographic print

Item 102704

Lavon and Popkins Zakarian, Portland, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 102706

Lavon and Popkins Zakarian, Portland, 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1925 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 103018

Helen and Mildred Keirns, Portland, ca. 1917

Courtesy of Matthew Jude Barker, an individual partner Date: circa 1917 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 103285

The Freeman brothers, Portland, 1882

Courtesy of Robert "Rusty" Atwood, an individual partner Date: 1882 Location: Portland; Wellfleet Media: Photographic print

Item 103575

Ina Achorn Smith and daughter Ellen, Coopers Mills, Whitefield, ca. 1910

Contributed by: An individual through Whitefield Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Whitefield Media: Postcard

Item 103639

Unidentified family, ca. 1857

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1857 Location: Bangor Media: Daguerreotype

Mystery Corner Item

Item 104248

Letter to Nathaniel Low from Henry Winslow, Portland, 1830

Mystery Corner Item Who is Abby?

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1830-07-10 Location: Portland; Berwick Media: Ink on paper

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Item 104485

Five young women, ca. 1855

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1855 Media: Daguerreotype

Item 105121

Charles E. Colby family, Westport Island, ca. 1904

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: circa 1904 Location: Westport Island Media: Photographic print

Mystery Corner Item

Item 148591

Family of 42 Hill St., Biddeford, ca. 1870

Mystery Corner Item Who is this family? Why were they getting their picture taken?

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1870 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 1130

The McIntyre family, Houlton, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 10374

Quoy Wong family, Bangor, 1922

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1922 Location: Bangor Media: Photoprint

Item 10380

The Wong sisters, Portland, ca. 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1927 Location: Portland Media: Photoprint