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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 11605

John Davison letter from Puerto Rico, 1844

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1844-02-01 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100680

Samuel Washburn on Civil War commissions, New York, 1862

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1862-01-17 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 29339

Captain John W. Kane, Blue Hill, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Blue Hill Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Blue Hill Media: Photograph on paper

Item 20972

John Dillingham to wife, 1847

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1847 Location: Freeport; New York Media: Ink on paper

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Item 96825

Boothbay Harbor's west side cold storage building, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Boothbay Harbor Media: Photographic print

Item 20955

John Dillingham to wife, 1842

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

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Item 104753

Captain Lide Bickford Home, Winter Harbor, 2006

Contributed by: Winter Harbor Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Location: Winter Harbor Media: Photographic print

Item 41725

Sardine carriers at Seacoast Canning Company, Lubec, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Matt Hoopes through Lubec Memorial Library Date: circa 1940 Location: Lubec Media: Postcard

Item 149956

A small wooden skiff on a lake in Washington County, ca. 1900

Courtesy of John Howard, an individual partner Date: circa 1900 Media: Film negative

Item 34592

Schooner being towed up the Saco River, ca. 1910

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

Item 18953

Ezra Haskell, Portland, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Portland Media: Oil on canvas

Item 54916

Inuit woman and children on 'Bowdoin,' northwest Greenland, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: circa 1950 Media: Transparency

Item 76876

'Bowdoin' at Statue of Liberty, New York, 1986

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1986-07-04 Location: New York Media: Photographic print

Item 15667

Thomas Sparrow, ca. 1865

Contributed by: City of Brewer Date: circa 1865 Location: Brewer Media: Photographic print

Item 15202

H. Matthews, 1865

Contributed by: City of Brewer Date: 1865-04-26 Location: Brewer Media: Photographic print

Item 67325

'USS Braine,' Boston Navy Yard, 1945

Contributed by: National Archives at Boston Date: 1945 Location: Boston Media: Photographic print

Item 79567

Award to Harvey Gamage, South Bristol, 1969

Contributed by: South Bristol Historical Society Date: 1969-10-24 Location: South Bristol Media: Ink on paper

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Item 15661

Peter Rize, 1867

Contributed by: City of Brewer Date: 1867-07-20 Location: Brewer Media: Photographic print

Item 54901

Schooner 'Bowdoin' launch, East Boothbay, 1921

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1921-04-09 Location: East Boothbay Media: Photographic print

Item 28983

Ralph H. Hunt aboard the 'Julia A. Decker,' Nova Scotia, 1891

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1891 Media: Paper, photograph

Item 66330

Spruce Point, Boothbay Harbor, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Boothbay Harbor Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 33276

Steam ferry, Lubec, ca. 1899

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1899 Location: Lubec Media: Postcard

Item 66315

Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1935 Location: Boothbay Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 19267

Capt. John G. Dillingham to his wife, June 27, 1861

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Freeport; Callao Media: Paper

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