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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 11570

Silk dress, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Brick Store Museum Date: circa 1860 Media: Silk

Item 14266

Members of Hose 5 in Bangor, 1902

Contributed by: Hose 5 Fire Museum Date: 1902-11-15 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Item 14281

Fire Station Sign, Bangor, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Hose 5 Fire Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Bangor Media: Wood, paint

Item 26794

Aroostook Valley R.R., Presque Isle, ca. 1939

Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Presque Isle Media: Postcard

Item 34144

Ford Fire Truck, Scarborough, ca. 1937

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1937 Location: Scarborough Media: Photographic print

Item 50418

Combination car #70, Presque Isle, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: circa 1940 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print

Item 50686

Portland-Lewiston Interurban's car #14 "Narcissus," Gray, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: circa 1930 Location: Gray Media: Photographic print

Item 50711

Aroostook Valley Railroad car #52, Presque Isle, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: circa 1915 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print

Item 1474

Birch bark box by Mali Agat, ca. 1770

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1770 Media: Birchbark

Item 4269

Captain Granville F. Sparrow coat, ca. 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Media: Wool, cotton, brass
This record contains 3 images.

Item 6048

Star and compass ditty box, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Portland Media: Pine

Item 6239

Passamaquoddy basket, Clara and Rocky Keezer, ca. 1993

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1993 Location: Perry Media: Split ash and sweet grass, Digital photograph
This record contains 4 images.

Item 6397

Ladies Aid quilt, Church of the Messiah, Portland, 1883

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1883 Location: Portland Media: Fabric and ink
This record contains 21 images.

Item 6643

Webster-Ashburton Treaty cartoon, Fort Kent, ca. 1842

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1842 Location: Fort Kent Media: Pen and ink on paper

Item 6881

B-flat fife, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Media: Brass, walnut or rosewood
This record contains 2 images.

Item 6890

Home for Thanksgiving, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Media: Oil on canvas or board

Item 11773

Surveyor's half chain, ca. 1800

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1800 Media: Iron, brass

Item 10492

Henry Knox to Moses Grant, Boston, May 10, 1796

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1796-05-10 Location: Thomaston; Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 15434

Hewing axe, ca. 1820

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1820 Location: Madison Media: Forged steel

Item 15630

Log caliper, ca. 1897

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1897 Location: Milo Media: Boxwood, brass

Item 80718

Dr. Robert on Duck Brook, Bar Harbor, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: circa 1920 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Photographic print

Item 28988

Captain N.P. Spear aboard the 'Julia A. Decker,' 1891

Contributed by: Farnsworth Art Museum through Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1891 Media: Paper, photograph

Item 28994

Dennis Cole giving Jonathan Cilley a haircut on deck, 1891

Contributed by: Farnsworth Art Museum through Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1891 Media: Photographic print

Item 28995

First day at sea for the Bowdoin Boys, 1891