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- Historical Items (618)
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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 105670
Gold printed satin dress, Portland, ca. 1907
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1907 Location: Portland Media: silk, cotton
Item 105711
Fair Labor Standard coat, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1938 Media: silk, cotton
Item 105853
Bureau of Parks and Lands social distancing poster, Freeport, 2020
Courtesy of an individual partner Date: 2020-04-07 Location: Freeport Media: Digital image
Item 105966
Sarah Moore's wool plaid dress, Waterford, ca. 1868
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1868 Location: Waterford Media: wool, cotton, glass
Item 110538
Mercy Owen Richardson's mourning veil, Cambridge, Massachusetts, ca. 1835
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1835 Location: Cambridge Media: cotton
Item 110545
Dr. Cummings mourning brooch, Portland, ca. 1854
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1854 Location: Portland; Cape Elizabeth Media: gold, enameled metal, hair, glass, brass
Item 110548
Elizabeth Wadsworth Longfellow mourning pin, Portland, ca. 1829
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1829 Location: Portland Media: gold, pearl, onyx, hair
Item 111082
Afternoon gown line sheet, Paris, ca. 1933
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1933 Location: Kennebunkport; Paris Media: Ink on paper with fabric
Item 111591
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Media: cotton, wool, Bakelite
Item 111792
Child's straw hat, New York, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: New York Media: straw, lace, grosgrain
Item 111848
Feathered cocktail hat, Cape Elizabeth, ca. 1950
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Cape Elizabeth; New York Media: silk, ostrich feathers
Item 135726
Bird and butterfly display at the Portland Society of Natural History, ca. 1965
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1965 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print (edited)
Item 135822
Louis Agassiz, Cambridge, Massachusetts, ca. 1870
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1879 Location: Portland; Cambridge Media: Ink on paper, Engraving
Item 6058
Gravel road by the Ossipee River in Cornish, 1937
Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1937 Location: Cornish Media: Silver Print Photograph
Item 6097
Three E. D. Pettengill Company Trademarks for Shaker Pickles, 1892
Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1892-09-17 Location: Portland; New Gloucester Media: Paper
Item 7298
Gore School, Otisfield, ca. 1918
Contributed by: Otisfield Historical Society Date: circa 1918 Location: Otisfield; Otisfield Media: Photographic print
Item 7337
Spurrs Corner School, Otisfield, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Otisfield Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Otisfield; Otisfield Media: Photographic print
Item 9182
Monson-Maine Slate Company mill, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Monson Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Monson Media: Photographic print
Item 11343
Child's violin, Boon Island, York, 1834
Contributed by: Old York Historical Society Date: 1834 Location: York; North Berwick Media: Pine with bone
Item 14357
Prescott Administration Building at Good Will-Hinckley built in 1916, ca. 1926
Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: circa 1926 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print
Item 14405
Carrying Basket, Micmac, ca. 1870
Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: circa 1870 Media: Ash
Item 15474
Frances Appleton Longfellow by Rowse, 1859
Contributed by: NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Date: 1859 Location: Cambridge Media: Chalk on paper
Item 18119
Camp Winnebago recording of Winnebago We're For You, 1964
Contributed by: Camp Winnebago Date: 1964 Location: Fayette Media: Phonograph record, Long-playing recod (33 rpm)
Item 19241
John M. Dillingham letter to mother, July 21, 1863
Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Freeport; Charleston Media: Paper