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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 104258

Electri Kitchen recipes - Ham Delight, 1954

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1954 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 98632

Phineas Parkhurst Quimby, Belfast, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Belfast Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: Belfast Media: Carte de visite

Item 20408

30th Anniversary Celebration, New Sweden, 1900

Contributed by: New Sweden Historical Society Date: 1900 Location: New Sweden Media: Photographic print

Item 22466

Militia Soldiers at Prouts Neck, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Scarborough Media: Watercolor on paper

Item 104986

Frances Soctomah beadwork pouch, Princeton, 2019

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2019 Location: Princeton; Indian Island Media: Cotton, glass bead, silk, leather

Item 148464

Hand drum by James Eric Francis, Sr., Old Town, 2018

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2018 Location: Old Town Media: Deer hide, wood, acrylic paint
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Item 11547

Green and silk brocade dress, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1860 Media: Silk

Item 33630

Architectural drawing, Lewiston Public Library, 1901

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1901-05-31 Location: Lewiston Media: Ink on linen

Item 102248

Citizens, soldiers! Americans!, Portland, 1861

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861-04-21 Location: Portland; Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 149589

"Those Snow Capped Hills of Maine" sheet music cover, Portland, 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1920 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 104985

Jennifer Sapiel Neptune beaded pouch, Indian Island, 2019

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2019 Location: Indian Island Media: Wool, cotton, silk, glass bead

Item 105005

Gingham Glam dress, Bangor, 2019

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2019 Location: Bangor Media: Polyester

Item 6466

Dorothy Beecher Baker and her daughter, Louise, 1938

Contributed by: Eliot Baha'i Archives Date: 1938 Location: Eliot Media: Phototransparency

Item 9980

Charlotte E. Hobbs in the library, ca. 1960

Contributed by: Lovell Historical Society Date: circa 1960 Location: Lovell Media: Photoprint

Item 10889

John O'Donnell, Portland, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 11550

Five dresses, 1870-1890

Contributed by: Brick Store Museum Date: 1870–1890 Media: Silk, cotton

Item 28653

Glooskap Killing His Brother, The Wolf, ca. 1884

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1884 Media: Ink on paper

Item 28656

Glooskap Turning a Man Into a Cedar Tree, ca. 1884

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1884 Media: Ink on paper

Item 33859

Rowantrees Pottery, Blue Hill, ca. 1950, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Blue Hill Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Blue Hill Media: Postcard

Item 54886

The schooner 'Bowdoin' at sea, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: circa 1925 Media: Print

Item 102215

Ida May Lane's jacket, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1925 Media: Velvet, fur, fabric

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Item 149921

Demolition crew at Union Station, Portland, 1961

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1961 Location: Portland Media: Polaroid

Item 149925

Union Station demolition debris, Portland, 1961

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1961 Location: Portland Media: Polaroid

Item 9902

Admiral Henry Knox Thatcher, 1865

Contributed by: The General Henry Knox Museum Date: 1865 Location: Thomaston Media: Ambrotype