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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 4130

Soule fabric valentine, ca. 1882

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1882 Location: Portland Media: Textile

Item 4131

Broken heart valentine, ca. 1840

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1840 Media: Paper

Item 4132

Valentine, East Baldwin, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: East Baldwin Media: Paper and metal

Item 4133

Wake my love my valentine, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Media: Paper and textile

Item 4134

Mechanical valentine, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Media: Paper

Item 4136

Doily valentine, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Media: Paper

Item 4137

Love's yearning valentine, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Media: Paper

Item 4138

G. H. Knight valentine, 1848

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1848-02-14 Location: Portland; Portland Media: Paper

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Item 6795

Frisbie block, Houlton, ca. 1900

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

Item 6796

Main Street, Houlton, ca. 1900

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

Item 6888

Miniature of Margaret Stetson, ca. 1820

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1820 Media: Watercolor on paper

Item 8946

Letter to Peleg Wadsworth with Washington hair, 1800

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1800-04-05 Location: Mount Vernon; Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 8951

Letter from Elizabeth Wadsworth to her father, Peleg Wadsworth, 1800

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1800-01-19 Location: Portland; Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 8952

Copy of Peleg Wadsworth letter to Martha Washington, 1800

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1800-03-26 Location: Portland; Mount Vernon; Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 8953

Note by Elizabeth Wadsworth about the lock of George Washington's hair, ca. 1802

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1802 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 8954

Peleg Wadsworth writes to his daughter, Elizabeth, Philadelphia, 1800

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1800-04-12 Location: Philadelphia; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9185

Mother's day V-mail from Joseph Walker, San Francisco, 1944

Contributed by: Norway Historical Society Date: 1944-04-30 Location: Norway; San Francisco Media: Ink and pencil on paper

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Item 10528

Henry W. Longfellow's daughters, ca. 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Location: Gettysburg; Portland; Gettysburg; Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 10848

Longfellow Paperweight, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Portland; Cambridge Media: Glass, Paper, Photographic print

Item 10852

Longfellow Commemorative Spoon, 1807

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1807 Location: Portland Media: Sterling silver(plate?)

Item 10993

Miniature Longfellow-Wadsworth House Pitcher, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Portland Media: Hard paste porcelain

Item 11795

Red Cross button - 1918

Contributed by: Abel J. Morneault Memorial Library Date: 1918 Media: Tin, plastic

Item 11839

Longfellow birthplace paperweight, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Portland Media: Glass and paper

Item 11843

Longfellow birthplace plate, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1807 Location: Portland Media: Bone china