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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 23522

Spinning Room of Pepperell Mills, Biddeford, 1910

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1910 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 33773

Flood, Guilford, 1923

Contributed by: Guilford Historical Society Date: 1923 Location: Guilford Media: Photographic print

Item 33688

Luther Cary petition for bounty on mulberry trees and silk manufacturing, Turner, 1841

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1841 Location: Turner Media: Silk, ink on paper

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Item 9657

Gas Patch, Lewiston, ca. 1960

Contributed by: Lewiston Public Library Date: circa 1960 Location: Lewiston Media: Photo transparency

Item 19055

Letter from Ida Winslow Skinner to Burton Winslow, 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1900 Location: Lewiston; Saco Media: Ink on paper

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Item 21423

Sanford Mills, Unusual View, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative

Item 22064

Sanford Mills, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative

Item 30856

New Addition to Guilford Woolen Mill, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Guilford Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Guilford Media: Photographic print

Item 22066

Sanford Mills from Batley Pond, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative

Item 21517

Louis B. Goodall, Sanford, 1910

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative

Item 52212

Flood on Water Street, Saco, ca. 1936

Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: 1936 Location: Saco Media: Photographic print

Item 23523

Women Spinning at Pepperell Mills, Biddeford, 1910

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1910 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 67543

Child laborers, Lewiston, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 1920 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print

Item 79725

Canal Workers, Lewiston, ca. 1845

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: circa 1845 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print

Mystery Corner Item

Item 29112

Jacquard looms at the Pepperell Mills, Biddeford, ca. 1925

Mystery Corner Item They're looking to be identified

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1925 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 16493

Letter of reference for mill supervisor, Lewiston, 1887

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1887 Location: Lewiston; Biddeford Media: Ink on paper

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Item 19169

Allen Winslow letter to brother, 1906

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1906 Location: Auburn; San Francisco Media: Ink on paper

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Item 19304

Allen Winslow on business recommendation, 1902

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1902 Location: Lewiston; Biddeford Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9658

Gas Patch demolition, Lewiston, ca. 1960

Contributed by: Lewiston Public Library Date: circa 1960 Location: Lewiston Media: Phototransparency

Item 9662

Mill, playground at Gas Patch, Lewiston, ca. 1960

Contributed by: Lewiston Public Library Date: circa 1960 Location: Lewiston Media: Phototransparency

Item 101512

Painchaud's Band parading on Main Street, Biddeford, 1933

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1933-10-29 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 9925

Mousam River, Sanford, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Sanford Media: Photographic print

Item 29089

The Saco Factory Girl and Emily Adderson Romances of Real Life, 1852

Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: 1852 Location: Saco Media: Ink on paper

Item 30855

George A. Eaton, Brunswick, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1870 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print