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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 105606

Naval Officers at City Hall, Portland, 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1920 Location: Portland Media: glass negative

Item 14545

Sailmaker's roping palm, 1888

Courtesy of Gambell and Hunter Sailmakers, an individual partner Date: 1888 Location: Camden Media: Leather, metal eye

Item 62539

Chart of the Penobscot River, ca. 1779

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1779 Location: Castine Media: Ink on paper

Item 76880

Schooner 'Bowdoin,' 1946

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1946 Media: Transparency

Item 79350

The "Monhegan" off Davis Point, ca. 1905

Contributed by: Friendship Museum Date: circa 1905 Location: Friendship Media: Glass Negative

Item 12754

Fish Cannery, Brooklin, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Sedgwick-Brooklin Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Brooklin Media: Photo transparency

Item 6777

Capt. Mowat's warning to Falmouth, 1775

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1775-11-16 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 104513

Captain Lewis Mitchell, Portland, ca. 1855

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1855 Location: Portland Media: Ambrotype

Item 27702

The Julius Wolff Towing Sardine Carrier, Lubec, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Lubec Memorial Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Item 108617

View of Parker Head, Phippsburg, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Phippsburg Media: Glass Plate Negative

Item 104514

Captain William Blanchard, Richmond, ca. 1855

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1855 Location: Richmond Media: Tintype

Item 9171

Eastport and Passamaquoddy Bay from Lubec, 1839

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1839 Location: Eastport Media: Color lithograph from oil painting

Item 103685

John H. Purrington, Topsham, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Topsham Media: Daguerreotype

Item 14585

Mastshave, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1850 Location: Buffalo Media: Cast steel, wood

Item 79993

Steamboat Louisa, Moosehead Lake, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Moosehead Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Greenville Media: Photographic print

Item 79295

Priscilla Steamboat, Moosehead Lake, 1900

Contributed by: Moosehead Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Taunton Raynham Academy Grant Media: Photographic print

Item 55338

Ferry Landing, North Lubec, ca. 1906, ca. 1906

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1906 Location: Lubec Media: Postcard

Item 188

Share certificate, Portland Monument Ground, 1807

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1807-10-01 Location: Portland Media: Color transparency

Item 10732

Buxton house and store, Abbot, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Abbot Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Abbot Media: Postcard

Item 17981

Pioneer Dale, Searsport, ca. 1965

Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: circa 1965 Location: Searsport Media: Photographic print

Item 17614

Ferry Norman II, Boothbay Harbor, ca. 1918

Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: circa 1918 Location: Boothbay Harbor Media: Photographic print

Item 105890

Rice Brothers shipbuilding plant, East Boothbay, 1919

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: 1919 Location: Boothbay Media: Glass Plate Negative

Item 108619

Bath Iron Works. Bath, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Bath Media: Glass plate negative

Item 12995

Charles P. Greenough, Portland, ca. 1913

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1913 Location: Portland; Boston Media: Photographic print