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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 40454

Maine Centennial parade, Dawn of Discovery float, Portland, 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1920-07-05 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 100531

Letter concerning discovery of slate vein in Brownville, 1833

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1833-07-01 Location: Brownville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 104678

Mount Washington Observatory, Conway, New Hampshire, 1936

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1936-12-15 Location: Conway Media: Glass Negative

Item 7489

Nova Anglia, Novum Belgium et Virginia, ca. 1642

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1642 Media: Map, ink on paper

Item 7491

Amerique Septentrionale, 1650

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1650 Media: Map, ink on paper

Item 7492

Novi Belgii: Novaeque Angliae Nec Non partis Virginiae, ca. 1655

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1655 Media: Map, ink on paper

Item 7490

Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova, ca. 1635

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1635 Media: Map, ink on paper

Item 7494

Map of New England and New York, ca. 1676

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1676 Media: Ink on paper

Item 5279

Maine Centennial Parade float, 'Dawn of Discovery,' Portland, 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1920-07-05 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 6317

Thomas Steele "discovers" lake near Matagamon Lake, 1879

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1879 Location: Mattamiscontis Twp. Media: Ink on paper

Item 54886

The schooner 'Bowdoin' at sea, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: circa 1925 Media: Print

Item 54903

Schooner 'Bowdoin' departs from Castine, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: circa 1950 Location: Castine Media: Photographic print

Item 54904

Schooner 'Bowdoin' in winter quarters, Baffin Island, 1922

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1922-04-02 Location: Bowdoin Harbor Media: Photographic print

Item 55106

The schooner 'Bowdoin' crew, 1939

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1939 Media: Photo negative

Item 55119

Miriam and Donald MacMillan, Greenland, 1947

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1947 Media: Photographic print

Item 55120

U.S.S. 'Bowdoin' crew, Greenland, 1941

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1941 Media: Photo negative

Item 55121

Miriam MacMillan recording on 'Bowdoin,' 1947

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1947 Location: Siorapadoo Media: Photo negative

Item 55122

Schooner 'Bowdoin,' Greenland, 1939, 1939

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1939 Location: Kangerdluk Fjord Media: Photo negative

Item 76879

MacMillan navigating from 'ice bucket,' 1940

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1940 Media: Transparency

Item 76975

Sailors watching iceberg from 'Bowdoin,' 1947

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1947 Media: Transparency

Item 103814

MacMillan Arctic Expedition official farewell, Wiscasset, 1923

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1923-06-24 Location: Wiscasset Media: Glass Negative

Item 6360

Samuel de Champlain, ca. 1600

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1600 Media: Ink on paper

Item 26180

Peary family members in Greenland, 1902

Contributed by: Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands Date: 1902 Media: Photographic print

Item 28768

Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary, ca. 1909

Contributed by: Maine State Museum Date: circa 1909 Media: Photographic print