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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 6560

Augusta Harness and Damaged Shoes, Lewiston, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Androscoggin Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print

Item 6691

Lewiston Falls looking south, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Androscoggin Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Lewiston; Auburn Media: Photographic print

Item 6814

Union Hall, Portland, ca. 1916

Contributed by: Maine Historic Preservation Commission Date: circa 1916 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 7592

Park Street in Lewiston, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Lewiston Public Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Lewiston Media: Phototransparency

Item 7924

Dunning homestead, Harpswell, July 1896

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1896 Location: Harpswell Media: Photoprint

Item 9475

Old Chain Bridge, Kingfield, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: circa 1895 Location: Kingfield Media: Photographic print

Item 10714

Mural of Kennebunkport village, ca. 1830

Contributed by: Brick Store Museum Date: circa 1930 Location: Kennebunkport Media: Photographic print

Item 18714

Charles Turner account of climbing Katahdin, 1804

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1804 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 8993

Group on top of Mount Abram, Greenwood, 1929

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: 1929 Location: Skowhegan; Greenwood Media: Photographic print

Item 28471

William Henry Fogg Civil War Reminiscences, Bath, 1888

Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: circa 1888 Location: Bath; Richmond Media: Ink on paper

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Item 36017

Anidrosis Sanatorium, Skowhegan, ca. 1885

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1885 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print

Item 66581

The Falls and Old Man, Auburn and Lewiston, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Lewiston; Auburn Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 79492

Allen J. Maker war wounds, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Chantilly Media: Lithograph

Item 80287

Letter to Sarah Tarbox from a former boarding school classmate, 1839

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1839-05-22 Location: Westport; Boston; Topsham Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100914

Bangor Quartette Club, 1849

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Date: 1849 Location: Bangor Media: Ink on paper

Item 100952

First electric railroad car in Bangor, 1889

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Date: 1889-07-04 Location: Bangor Media: Ink and watercolor on paper

Item 101174

John Martin cone cedar tree, Bangor, 1866

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Date: 1867 Location: Bangor Media: Ink and watercolor on paper

Item 110537

Blue silk calash style bonnet, Alna, ca. 1835

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1835 Location: Alna Media: silk, wood, cotton

Item 149054

St. John River near Grand Isle, ca. 1973

Contributed by: Acadian Archives Date: circa 1973 Location: Grand Isle; Sainte-Anne Media: Photographic postcard

Item 28456

Deed: William King to Ledyard and Palmer, Bath, 1806

Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: 1806-11-25 Location: Bath Media: Ink on paper

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Item 8209

Office - Murphy's Camps, 1912

Contributed by: Patten Lumbermen's Museum Date: 1912 Media: Photographic print

Item 6388

Bucksport, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Buck Memorial Library Date: circa 1930 Location: Bucksport Media: Photographic print

Item 34733

John Marshall Brown private notebook, 1862-1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862–1863 Media: Ink on paper, leather

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Item 105442

Maine coast, a map of Casco Bay, 1960

Contributed by: Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education Date: 1632–1960 Location: Portland; Brunswick; Phippsburg Media: Lithograph