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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 27979

Jacob Abbott and Fewacres, Farmington, 1903

Contributed by: Farmington Public Library Date: circa 1900 Location: Farmington Media: Engraving, ink on paper

Item 81566

Walker Memorial Library Children's Room, Westbrook, 1943

Contributed by: Walker Memorial Library Date: 1943-11-07 Location: Westbrook Media: Photographic print

Item 12537

Rebecca Clarke (Sophie May), ca. 1880

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1880 Location: Norridgewock Media: Paper

Item 15475

Longfellow's Three Daughters, 1859

Contributed by: NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Date: 1859 Location: Cambridge Media: Oil on canvas

Item 15476

The Chestnut Chair, ca. 1876

Contributed by: NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Date: circa 1876 Location: Cambridge Media: Wood

Item 9981

Elisabeth Farr reading with children, Lovell, 1975

Contributed by: Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library Date: 1975 Location: Lovell Media: Photographic print

Item 6729

Woman's Library Club, Lovell, ca. 1901

Contributed by: Lovell Historical Society Date: circa 1901 Location: Lovell Media: Photographic print

Item 6185

John E. Fay, sixth municipal organist, Portland, ca. 1960

Contributed by: Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ Date: circa 1960 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 36120

E.B. White letter to Katharine Pierce, 1947

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1947 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 148794

Children waiting for Sunday School, Cutler, 1956

Contributed by: Maine Seacoast Mission Date: 1956 Location: Cutler Media: Photographic print

Item 6314

Lakewood Inn and Theatre, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1935 Location: Skowhegan; Lakewood Media: Postcard

Item 14808

'Harper's Young People,' December 7, 1880

Contributed by: An individual through South Portland Public Library Date: 1880-12-07 Location: South Portland Media: Newspaper

Item 76878

Inuit boys aboard schooner 'Bowdoin,' 1949

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1949 Media: Photographic print

Item 6835

L.C. Bates Museum, Hinckley, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Hinckley Media: Photoprint

Item 6773

Charles Asbury Stephens, Norway, ca. 1920

Contributed by: An individual through Norway Memorial Library Date: circa 1920 Location: Norway Media: Photographic print

Item 6769

Charles Asbury Stephens and wife, Norway, ca. 1920

Contributed by: An individual through Norway Memorial Library Date: circa 1920 Location: Norway Media: Photographic print

Item 6645

Akers' Head of Sleeping Child, ca. 1861

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1861 Location: Westbrook Media: Earthenware, Clay

Item 15903

Portrait of Papa, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1852

Contributed by: NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Date: 1852 Location: Cambridge Media: Graphite on paper

Item 34758

Asa Clay Sr., Lincoln, ca. 1932

Contributed by: Lincoln Historical Society Date: circa 1932 Location: Lincoln Media: Photographic print

Item 66379

Harriet Beecher Stowe House, Brunswick, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1935 Location: Brunswick Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 100335

William Dean Howells' letter to Eunice Sewall, Boston, 1866

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1866-09-08 Location: Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 15897

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Cambridge, ca. 1875

Contributed by: NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Date: circa 1875 Location: Cambridge Media: Albumen print

Item 1500

Henry Beston, Nobleboro, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Media: Photographic print

Item 9385

James Otis Kaler, 1902

Contributed by: South Portland Public Library Date: 1902 Location: South Portland Media: Acrylic painting