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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 29343

Sawmill at Mill Stream, Blue Hill, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Blue Hill Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Blue Hill Media: Photograph on paper

Item 71734

Main Street, Saco, ca. 1938

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

Item 148235

Northeast view from City Hall, Portland, 1887

Contributed by: City of Portland - Planning & Development Date: 1887-07-17 Location: Portland Media: Photographic Print

Item 148240

Construction of Maine Central Railroad depot on Congress Street, Portland, 1887

Contributed by: City of Portland - Planning & Development Date: 1887-08-09 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 6730

Shakers at winter sale, Poland Spring Resort, ca. 1920

Contributed by: United Society of Shakers Date: circa 1920 Location: Poland Media: Photographic print

Item 15724

Letter from John Lynch to E.G. Spaulding, 1869

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1869 Location: Washington; Buffalo Media: Ink on paper

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Item 68020

Miriam Haley letter to William Haley Jr., 1865

Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1865-06-18 Location: Savannah; Sebago Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102510

Aroostook Board of Trade organizes potato donation, Caribou, 1914

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1914-11-16 Location: Bangor; Caribou Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9758

Lawyer Fred J. Allen and partner Belle Leavitt, ca. 1905

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Sanford Media: Print from glass negative

Item 16373

Flooding of the Worumbo Mill, 1936

Contributed by: Lisbon Historical Society Date: 1936 Location: Lisbon Falls Media: Photographic print

Item 28465

Intersection Centre and Washington Sts. Bath, ca. 1980

Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: circa 1980 Location: Bath Media: Film transparency

Item 80725

Frank “Big Thunder” Loring, ca. 1884

Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: circa 1884 Location: Indian Island; Old Town Media: Postcard

Item 6530

Green Acre on the Piscataqua, Eliot, ca. 1891

Contributed by: Eliot Baha'i Archives Date: circa 1891 Location: Eliot Media: Photo negative

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Item 10420

The Inn, Oakfield, 1915

Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: Oakfield Media: Photographic print

Item 13240

Sarah Sampson, Bath, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: circa 1860 Location: Bath Media: Photographic print

Item 13243

Isabella Fogg, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: circa 1860 Location: Washington Media: Photographic print

Item 100133

Patriotic meeting broadside, Portland, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Portland Media: Lithograph, ink on paper

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Item 100625

Grand Trunk Railway station, Bethel, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Bethel Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: Bethel Media: Photographic print

Item 29431

Joppa North End, Hallowell, ca. 1885

Courtesy of Sumner A. Webber, Sr., an individual partner Date: circa 1885 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print

Item 69875

Lower Main Street, Oakland, ca. 1938

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

Item 99331

Kemp Family Singers broadside, Leeds, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Elaine Kemp Bragdon through Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Leeds Media: Ink on paper

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Item 7474

Penobscot Tribal petitions about encroachment and timber industry, Stockton Springs, 1772

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1772-10-12 Location: Stockton Springs Media: Ink on paper
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Item 25386

Benning Wentworth grant for cutting white pines, Portsmouth, 1744

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1744-12-26 Location: Portsmouth; Berwick Media: Ink on paper

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Item 67902

William Haley, Jr. letter to his wife, Miriam, near Washington, D.C., 1865

Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1865-05-14 Location: Sebago; Washington Media: Ink on paper

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