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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 100925
Rufus Prince's factory and store, Bangor, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Date: 1864-07-21 Location: Bangor Media: Ink on paper
Item 102780
Barker's Red & White grocery store, Portland, ca. 1939
Courtesy of Matthew Jude Barker, an individual partner Date: circa 1939 Location: Deering; Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 148221
Fish Inspector's station and schooner, Union Wharf, Portland, 1887
Contributed by: City of Portland - Planning & Development Date: 1887-04-09 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 105088
Potosi (Bolivian) Eight Reales Cob coin, Castine, 1678
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1678 Location: Castine Media: Silver
Item 105089
Massachusetts Bay Colony Pine Tree shilling coin, Castine, ca. 1671
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1671 Location: Castine Media: silver
Item 105090
Brazilian 300 Reis coin, Philip IV, Castine, 1659
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1659 Location: Castine Media: Metal
Item 7486
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1804-11-06 Location: Syracuse Media: Ink on paper
Item 18265
Nathan A. Cushman, Portland, 1934
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1934 Location: Portland; Phippsburg Media: Oil on canvas and wood
Item 10110
Benjamin Randall Store, Pownal, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Pownal Scenic and Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Pownal Media: Photographic print
Item 148342
Police officers helping move Chapman Bank vault contents, Portland, 1925
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1925 Location: Portland Media: Glass negative
Item 148619
Main Street, Frenchville, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Acadian Archives Date: circa 1910 Location: Frenchville Media: Photographic postcard
Item 108700
Post office and steamboat landing at Five Islands, Georgetown, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Georgetown Media: Glass Plate Negative
Item 152102
Frozen harbor, Frenchboro, 1969
Contributed by: Maine Seacoast Mission Date: 1969-02-20 Location: Frenchboro Media: Photographic print
Item 67745
Letter from William Haley Jr. to his wife Miriam, Winchester, Virginia, 1865
Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1865-04-01 Location: Winchester; Richmond; Petersburg; Sebago Media: Ink on paper
Item 67840
William Haley Jr. letter to his wife Miriam, Winchester, Va., 1865
Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1865-04-08 Location: Sebago; Winchester; Winchester Media: Ink on paper
Item 105076
Massachusetts Bay Colony Pine Tree Sixpence coin, Castine, ca. 1671
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1671 Location: Castine Media: Silver
Item 105085
French 1/2 Ecu coin, Louis XIV, Castine, 1690
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1690 Location: Castine Media: Silver
Item 105086
Mexican Eight Reales Cob coin, Castine, ca. 1690
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1690 Location: Castine Media: Silver
Item 100630
Clark S. Edwards, Bethel, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Bethel Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Bethel Media: Photographic print
Item 33899
Bluehill Light Infantry Back Pack, Blue Hill, ca. 1812
Contributed by: Jonathan Fisher Memorial, Inc. Date: circa 1812 Location: Blue Hill Media: Canvas with paint
Item 6533
Green Acre on Piscataqua Inn advertisement, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Eliot Baha'i Archives Date: circa 1900 Location: Eliot Media: Phototransparency
Item 148215
The fishing steamer "Novelty," Union Wharf, Portland, 1887
Contributed by: City of Portland - Planning & Development Date: 1887-02-21 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 103749
Oakfield train station, ca. 1954
Courtesy of Henry Gartley, an individual partner Date: circa 1954 Location: Oakfield Media: Photograph
Item 16372
Worumbo Mill flood, Lisbon Falls, 1936
Contributed by: Lisbon Historical Society Date: 1936 Location: Lisbon Falls Media: Photographic print