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LC Subject Heading: Books

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 74191

'A Calendar of Stray Thoughts,' ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Media: Ink on paper

Item 79570

S Road School Bookplate, South Bristol, ca. 1931

Contributed by: South Bristol Historical Society Date: circa 1931 Location: South Bristol Media: Ink on paper

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Item 149688

Map of Maine, 1838

Contributed by: Acadian Archives Date: 1838 Media: Ink on paper

Item 13581

Birchbark canoe on calamity, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1890 Media: Photographic print

Item 54118

Pentateuch title page, Portland, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Congregation Shaarey Tphiloh Date: circa 1920 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 9749

Entries from 'Emerald' log book, 1859

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1859 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102226

Directions for the funeral of Jabez Fox, Falmouth Neck, ca. 1755

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1755 Location: Portland; Falmouth Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9416

Ration book for Helen M. Bailey, Norway, ca. 1943

Contributed by: Norway Historical Society Date: circa 1943 Location: Norway Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9630

'Rising Sun' log book, 1863

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1863 Location: Callao; Cork; Queenstown Media: Ink on paper

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Item 13868

Fact and Fiction Club tea, Houlton, 1906

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1906 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 20352

First book printed in Maine, Falmouth, 1786

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1786 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 76878

Inuit boys aboard schooner 'Bowdoin,' 1949

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

Item 80960

Martha Osgood letter on visits from friends, Hollis, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Hollis Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102272

"A Down East Yankee From the District of Maine," 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1920 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 12537

Rebecca Clarke (Sophie May), ca. 1880

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

Item 98408

Claire L. Aubrey bookplate, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Cary Memorial Library in Wayne Date: circa 1925 Location: Wayne Media: Ink on paper

Item 98813

Helen Bryce Barnhart bookplate, 1933

Contributed by: Cary Memorial Library in Wayne Date: 1933 Location: Wayne Media: Ink on paper

Item 98814

Walter M. Aikman bookplate, 1914

Contributed by: Cary Memorial Library in Wayne Date: 1914 Location: Wayne Media: Ink on paper

Item 11618

Vizetelly illustration of Longellow poem, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Media: Ink on paper

Item 11619

Poem 'The Saga of King Olaf' illustration, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Media: Ink on paper

Item 11620

Illustration for poem "The Saga of King Olaf," ca. 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Media: Ink on paper

Item 11621

Illustration and poem, Paul Revere's Ride, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 11622

'Maidenhood' illustration, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Media: Ink on paper

Item 11624

Illustration to accompany the poem The Song of Hiawatha, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Media: Ink on paper