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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 5895
Comsat radome receiver station, Andover, 1980
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1980-09-17 Location: Andover Media: Photographic print
Item 6219
Fire alarm pull box, Eliot, ca. 1860
Contributed by: Eliot Baha'i Archives Date: circa 1860 Location: Eliot Media: Photographic print
Item 14607
Edison Primary Cell, S-90, ca. 1915
Contributed by: Fort Kent Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: Fort Kent Media: Glass and metal
Item 1143
Deadly poison warning, Portland, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 5566
Telephone operations in Norway, ca. 1956
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1956 Location: Norway Media: Photographic print
Item 5759
Reservoir on Bramhall's Hill, Portland, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Media: Stereograph
Item 6130
Processing Maine ore, New Jersey, ca. 1954
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1954 Media: Photographic print
Item 6131
Chemist extracting manganese, New Jersey, 1954
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1954 Media: Photographic print
Item 7895
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: T3 R11 WELS Media: Photoprint
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 8977
North Channel Dam, Skowhegan, ca. 1902
Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: 1902 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print
Item 9046
Skowhegan Dam, from North Channel Bridge, ca. 1905
Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1905 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print
Item 9077
Looking Southwesterly from Elm Street, Skowhegan, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1900 Location: Skowhegan Media: Stereograph
Item 11014
Phone company, Bryant Pond, 1981
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1981-01-28 Location: Bryant Pond Media: Photographic print
Item 11186
Hand-crank phone hearing, Bryant Pond, 1982
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1982-02-11 Location: Bryant Pond Media: Photographic print
Item 11238
Hand-cranked phones to be replaced, Bryant Pond, 1982
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1982-06-25 Location: Bryant Pond Media: Photographic print
Item 14389
Contributed by: Hose 5 Fire Museum Date: circa 1850 Location: Bangor Media: Wood
Item 14619
Fort Kent Telephone Company switchboard, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Fort Kent Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Fort Kent Media: Wood, metal
Item 15871
Dam on Mill Street, Springvale, ca. 1905
Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative
Item 16504
The Dam at Bridge Street, ca. 1907
Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1907 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative
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