Keywords: Merchant Ships
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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 20952
John Dillingham letter from New Orleans, 1842
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1842 Location: New Orleans; Freeport Media: Ink on paper
Item 20973
John Dillingham letter concerning sailing prospects, 1848
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1848 Location: New York; Freeport Media: Ink on paper
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
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
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
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
Item 102955
Bond for goods imported, Portland, 1796
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1796-03-25 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
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
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