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Keywords: Merchant Ships

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 20952

John Dillingham letter from New Orleans, 1842

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1842 Location: New Orleans; Freeport Media: Ink on paper

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Item 20973

John Dillingham letter concerning sailing prospects, 1848

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1848 Location: New York; Freeport Media: Ink on paper

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Item 16876

Portland Harbor chart, ca. 1825

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1825 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 5737

'Oakey Alexander' aground off Cape Elizabeth, 1947

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1947 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Photographic print

Item 30988

Daniel Elliot, Brunswick, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1880 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Item 21094

Minesweeper, Mt. Desert , ca. 1943

Contributed by: Great Harbor Maritime Museum Date: circa 1943 Location: Mount Desert Media: Photographic print

Item 98474

Launching of schooner "Eleanor F. Bartram," East Boothbay, 1903

Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: 1903 Location: East Boothbay Media: Photographic print

Item 104513

Captain Lewis Mitchell, Portland, ca. 1855

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1855 Location: Portland Media: Ambrotype

Item 5738

Rescue of Oakey L. Alexander crew, Cape Elizabeth, 1947

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1947-03-03 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Photograph, jpg

Item 103657

John Chandler to Henry Dearborn about coasting law and its potential repeal, Monmouth, 1816

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1816 Location: Monmouth; Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 5740

The 'Oakey L. Alexander,' Cape Elizabeth, 1947

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1947 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Photographic print

Item 17324

Model of the Portland Observatory, ca. 1905

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Portland Media: Painted wood

Item 36114

Capt. John Curtis on secession, Mobile, Ala., 1861

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Mobile Media: Ink on paper

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Item 79443

The Katahdin and the Twilight, Moosehead Lake, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Moosehead Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Moose Township Media: Postcard

Item 31751

Boats on Saco River, ca. 1917

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1917 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 6156

Signals at Portland Observatory, 1807

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1807 Location: Portland; Cape Elizabeth Media: watercolor on paper

Item 36411

Portrait of Louise Caroline (Wilcox) Putnam, York, ca. 1856

Contributed by: Old York Historical Society Date: circa 1856 Location: York Media: Oil on canvas

Item 34714

John Winter invoices, Richmond Island, 1634

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1634 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102955

Bond for goods imported, Portland, 1796

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1796-03-25 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 17040

Dix Island Granite Company, Dix Island, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Maine Granite Industry Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: Dix Island Media: Photographic print

Item 27913

Merchants' Row, Bath, ca. 1883

Contributed by: Maine Maritime Museum Date: circa 1883 Location: Bath Media: Photographic print

Item 103126

Benjamin Bullard to Sir William Pepperell on slave trading, Barbados, 1720

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1720-03-15 Location: Bridgetown; Kittery Media: Ink on paper

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Item 81712

Launching of "Florence," South Bristol, 1894

Contributed by: South Bristol Historical Society Date: 1894 Location: South Bristol Media: Photographic print

Item 63748

S. Cary and Co. receipt for brandy, Madawaska, 1847

Contributed by: Cary Library Date: 1847-03-29 Location: Madawaska Media: Ink and pencil on paper