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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 108737

"The Meeting House" by Daniel Minter, 2020

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2020 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 105815

Black taffeta dress, ca. 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Media: silk, cotton

Item 35011

John and Sarah Williams Young, Hallowell, ca. 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1864 Location: Hallowell Media: Ambrotype

Item 12363

Chapel of Our Savior, Brunswick, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1940 Location: Brunswick Media: Photograph, print

Item 29292

Program, Miss Black Teenage Pageant, 1973

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1973 Location: Portland; Gorham; Auburn; Brunswick Media: Ink on paper

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Item 64474

John Sheahan, 1st Cavalry, on desire for commission in Black troops, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Warrenton Media: Ink on paper

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Item 6626

Eldress Elizabeth M. Noyes and Sister Edith Green, New Hampshire, ca. 1915

Contributed by: United Society of Shakers Date: circa 1915 Location: Canterbury Media: Photographic print

Item 25284

Snowshoe convention, Montreal, ca. 1947

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: circa 1947 Location: Montreal Media: Photographic print

Item 15560

Narrative of voyage to Pemaquid, 1677

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1677 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 29357

Garrison Cove Marker on Black Point Road in Scarborough, 1676

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: 1676 Location: Scarborough Media: Photographic print

Item 21327

Belfast baseball team, 1899

Contributed by: Belfast Historical Society Date: 1899 Location: Belfast Media: Photographic print

Item 23505

Penobscot child's moccasins, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Hudson Museum, Univ. of Maine Date: circa 1870 Location: Indian Island Media: Cloth, beads

Item 105859

Harding Moore and Dawson H. Carney, North Yarmouth, 1942

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1942 Location: North Yarmouth Media: Photographic print

Item 105861

James Marshall, North Yarmouth, 1942

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1942 Location: North Yarmouth Media: Photographic print

Item 105863

Pvt. Florentino Lopez with steer, North Yarmouth, 1942

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1942 Location: North Yarmouth Media: Photographic print

Item 23916

George W. Pierce on black student at Bowdoin, 1824

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1824 Location: Brunswick Media: Ink on paper

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Item 103018

Helen and Mildred Keirns, Portland, ca. 1917

Courtesy of Matthew Jude Barker, an individual partner Date: circa 1917 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 105933

Soldiers with prisoner, ca. 1942

Contributed by: Monson Historical Society Date: circa 1942 Location: Monson Media: photographic print

Item 105935

Soldiers on watch at Onawa Trestle, Morkill, ca. 1942

Contributed by: Monson Historical Society Date: circa 1942 Location: Morkill Media: photographic print

Item 105937

Soldiers at Onawa Trestle, Morkill, ca. 1943

Contributed by: Monson Historical Society Date: circa 1943 Location: Morkill Media: photographic print

Item 105941

Onawa Trestle guards at Morkill, ca. 1942

Contributed by: Monson Historical Society Date: circa 1942 Location: Morkill Media: photographic print

Item 105942

Guard stationed at Onawa Trestle, Morkill, ca. 1942

Contributed by: Monson Historical Society Date: circa 1942 Location: Morkill Media: photographic print

Item 10076

Wabanaki Sewing Flat, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Hudson Museum, Univ. of Maine Media: Black ash, sweetgrass

Item 10071

Passamaquoddy Hamper Basket, ca. 1980

Contributed by: Hudson Museum, Univ. of Maine Date: circa 1980 Media: Black ash