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- Historical Items (4082)
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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 135800
Portland Society for Natural History interior with Cranes, ca. 1965
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1965 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 7332
Skowhegan Base Ball Club, season of 1887-88, ca. 1888
Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1888 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print
Item 20801
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1819 Location: Vinalhaven Media: Ink on paper
Item 61878
Gwen May remembers working the Swan's Island telephone switchboard in the 1960s
Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1960 Location: Swan's Island Media: Mp3
Item 63065
Swan's Islanders recount their Island childhoods, 1930-1960
Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: 1930–1960 Location: Swan's Island Media: Mp3
Item 63068
Marion Stinson band memories, Swan's Island, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Swan's Island Media: Mp3
Item 109064
Littlefield's Garage, Monroe, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1920 Location: Monroe Media: Glass Plate Negative
Item 23186
Richard Box recollection of Christmas in North Africa, 1943
Contributed by: Western Maine Cultural Alliance Date: 1943 Media: MP3
Item 69226
History Pageant, Farmington State Normal School, 1924
Contributed by: Mantor Library at UMF Date: 1924-06-17 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print
Item 20802
Letter concerning Vinalhaven history, 1821
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1786–1821 Location: Vinalhaven Media: Ink on paper
Item 135839
Cluster Quartz crystals in the Portland Society of Natural History, ca. 1965
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1965 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 54440
Name changes for a Presque Isle Bank, 1940 - 2000
Contributed by: Presque Isle Historical Society Date: 1940–2000 Location: Presque Isle Media: MP3
Item 61846
Marion Stinson, 'Jill of All Trades,' Swan's Island, ca. 1945
Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1945 Location: Swan's Island Media: Mp3
Item 61851
Theo Buswell May talks about farm life, Swan's Island, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Swan's Island Media: Mp3
Item 61854
Albert Buswell telling about sheep shearing on Swan's Island, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: 1940–1949 Location: Swan's Island Media: Mp3
Item 61876
Spencer Joyce describes lobstering, Swan's Island, 1967-2010
Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: 1967–2010 Location: Swan's Island Media: Mp3
Item 63063
Marguerite Staples on "Ice cream socials," Swan's Island, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Swan's Island Media: Mp3
Item 11951
Abby Tilton, Skowhegan, ca. 1907
Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1907 Location: Skowhegan Media: Black Ink on buff art paper
Item 54443
The Army Air Force beginnings in Presque Isle, ca. 1943
Contributed by: Presque Isle Historical Society Date: circa 1943 Location: Presque Isle Media: MP3
Item 7322
Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: 1917-04-01 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print
Item 135799
William Wood, Portland, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 1355
Natural History building after 1866 fire, Portland, 1866
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1866-07-12 Location: Portland Media: Stereograph
Item 15720
Letter concerning Financial History of the War, 1869
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Buffalo; Washington Media: Ink on paper
Item 5715
Abner Small to Luther Emerson, Sept. 21, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-09-21 Location: Sharpsburg; Waterville Media: Ink on paper
