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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

Slave receipt, 1803

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1804-11-06 Location: Syracuse Media: Ink on paper

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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

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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

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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

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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