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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 73960
Petition for return of possessions, New Orleans, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: New Orleans Media: Ink on paper
Item 80702
Wabanaki encampment, Bar Harbor, ca. 1887
Contributed by: Maine Historic Preservation Commission Date: circa 1887 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Albumen print
Item 81017
Rebecca Usher on history of military hospital, Pennsylvania, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Portland; Chester Media: Ink on paper
Item 98476
Launch of schooner Mary G. Maynard in Boothbay Harbor, 1920
Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: 1920-03-23 Location: Boothbay Harbor Media: Photographic print
Item 98487
The Hi Spot Restaurant, Main Street, Dixfield, ca. 1950
Contributed by: Dixfield Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Dixfield Media: Photographic print
Item 98555
Garden party, East Boothbay, 1893
Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: 1893 Location: East Boothbay Media: Photographic print
Item 99344
Kiah B. Sewall on continuing illness, New York, 1839
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1839 Location: Portland; New York Media: Ink on paper
Item 99392
Kiah Sewall account of escape from Mobile, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1864 Location: Mobile Media: Ink on paper
Item 100313
K.B. Sewall birthday wishes to daughters, Mobile, 1856
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1856-08-20 Location: Mobile; Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 101260
Samuel Chase on the Battle of Saratoga, Annapolis, 1777
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1777-11-07 Location: Annapolis Media: Ink on paper
Item 101784
Thomas Reed to Thomas Robison regarding the Caribbean economy and slave market, Sint Eustatius, 1791
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1791 Location: Havana Media: Ink on paper
Item 102153
Elbridge Gerry on domestic production of war products, Philadelphia, 1776
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-05-31 Location: Philadelphia; Boston Media: Ink on paper
Item 102164
Samuel Huntington to James Bowdoin on suppressing Shays' Rebellion, Hartford, 1787
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1785-05-26 Location: Hartford; Boston Media: Ink on paper
Item 102227
Thomas Heyward, Jr. on the state of the war, Pennsylvania, 1777
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1777-10-06 Location: York Media: Ink on paper
Item 102228
"Falmouth burnt by the Kings troops" journal entry, Falmouth Neck, 1775
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1775 Location: Portland; Falmouth Media: Ink on paper
Item 102744
Anthony Petropulos in police uniform, Lewiston, ca. 1943
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1943 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print
Item 102761
Toy Len Goon and Dogan Goon, Portland, 1922
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1922 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 104168
Charles Bryant and George Mackay, Millinocket, 1904
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1904 Location: Millinocket Media: Photographic print
Item 104325
An issue of "Big Guns" for selling war stamps, World War II pamphlet, ca. 1943
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1943 Media: Lithograph
Item 104935
Portrait of John Bundy Brown, Portland, ca. 1875
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1875 Location: Portland Media: Photographic Print
Item 135796
Portland Society for Natural History building, ca. 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1862 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 19016
Hand Grapple, Presque Isle, ca. 1910
Contributed by: An individual through Presque Isle Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Presque Isle Media: Metal
Item 20702
Painting of Mont Saint Michel, ca. 1945
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1945 Location: Houlton Media: Oil painting
Item 67670
Horace Kollack to his cousin John Bickford, Sacarappa, 1865
Contributed by: David Heath through Sebago Historical Society Date: 1865-02-15 Location: Westbrook; Sebago; Lynn Media: Ink on paper