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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
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
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
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1847 Location: Freeport; New York Media: Ink on paper
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
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1842 Location: Georgetown; Freeport Media: Ink on paper
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
Contributed by: City of Brewer Date: circa 1865 Location: Brewer Media: Photographic print
Item 15202
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
Item 15661
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
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