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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 68407

Radio direction finder station, Winter Harbor, 1939

Contributed by: National Archives at Boston Date: 1939-09-14 Location: Winter Harbor Media: Photographic print

Item 18091

Switchboard operators, Lewiston, ca. 1893

Contributed by: Telephone Museum Date: circa 1893 Location: Lewiston; Ellsworth Media: Photographic print

Item 109067

Main Street, Winterport, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1915 Location: Winterport Media: Glass Plate Negative

Item 31289

Telephone Exchange burning, Bangor, 1911

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1911-04-30 Location: Bangor Media: Lantern slide

Item 5566

Telephone operations in Norway, ca. 1956

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1956 Location: Norway Media: Photographic print

Item 11014

Phone company, Bryant Pond, 1981

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1981-01-28 Location: Bryant Pond Media: Photographic print

Item 11186

Hand-crank phone hearing, Bryant Pond, 1982

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1982-02-11 Location: Bryant Pond; Bryant Pond Media: Photographic print

Item 11238

Hand-cranked phones to be replaced, Bryant Pond, 1982

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1982-06-25 Location: Bryant Pond Media: Photographic print

Item 14619

Fort Kent Telephone Company switchboard, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Fort Kent Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Fort Kent Media: Wood, metal

Item 19305

Ida Skinner letter to brother, 1903

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1903 Location: Lewiston; Saco Media: Ink on paper

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Item 23032

Montgomery Ward radio, Mapleton, 1929

Contributed by: Haystack Historical Society Date: 1929 Location: Mapleton Media: Wood

Item 25452

Radome, Andover, 1962

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1962 Location: Andover Media: Photographic print

Item 26101

Bell Telephone Earth Station, Andover, 1962

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1962 Location: Andover Media: Postcard

Item 67313

Radio station crew, Otter Cliffs, 1919

Contributed by: National Archives at Boston Date: 1919-03-06 Media: Photographic print

Item 23370

George W. Butler, Portland, ca. 1898

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1898 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 74467

Hiram Alden telegram to F.O.J. Smith, 1853

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1853 Location: Belfast Media: Ink on paper

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Item 101141

Donna Sue Collins with telephone, Dixfield, ca. 1948

Contributed by: Dixfield Historical Society Date: circa 1948 Location: Dixfield Media: Photographic print

Item 67315

Otter Cliffs radio receiver, 1918

Contributed by: National Archives at Boston Date: 1918 Media: Photographic print

Item 16967

Frank Gray, Amelia Hanscom, East Machias, 1887

Contributed by: Alexander-Crawford Historical Society Date: 1887-04-29 Location: Jacksonville; Crawford Media: Photographic print

Item 10411

Telegraph pole insulators, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Media: Glass

Item 11210

Last telephone cordboard, Bath, 1982

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1982-03-31 Location: Bath Media: Photographic print

Item 14607

Edison Primary Cell, S-90, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Fort Kent Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: Fort Kent Media: Glass and metal

Item 17515

Naval Air Station Operations Office, Brunswick, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1945 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Item 20504

Casco Street, Portland, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print