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LC Subject Heading: Expeditions

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 28994

Dennis Cole giving Jonathan Cilley a haircut on deck, 1891

Contributed by: Farnsworth Art Museum through Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1891 Media: Photographic print

Item 13412

Letter requesting aid for losses to British, 1783

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1781 Location: Castine Media: Ink on paper

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Item 19008

Crowd seeing Donald B. MacMillan off, Wiscasset, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1927 Location: Wiscasset Media: Glass Negative

Item 25164

Receipt for Penobscot Expedition service, Falmouth, 1779

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1779-07-08 Location: Castine Media: Ink on paper

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Item 54914

Fox pelts in rigging of 'Bowdoin,' Baffin Island, 1922

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1922 Location: Bowdoin Harbor Media: Photographic print

Item 54915

The schooner 'Bowdoin' at sea, 1934

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1934 Media: Photographic print

Item 54916

Inuit woman and children on 'Bowdoin,' northwest Greenland, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: circa 1950 Media: Transparency

Item 54927

Inuit aboard schooner 'Bowdoin,' West Greenland, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: circa 1940 Media: Photo negative

Item 55114

West Greenland women aboard the 'Bowdoin,' 1926

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1926 Media: Photo negative

Item 55115

Schooner 'Bowdoin' navigating Strait of Belle Isle, 1947

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1947-08-08 Location: Strait of Belle Isle Media: Photo negative

Item 55117

Birthday celebration aboard 'Bowdoin,' 1947

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1947 Media: Photo negative

Item 55118

Miriam MacMillan at the wheel, Northwest Greenland, 1948

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1948 Media: Photo negative

Item 76881

'Bowdoin' and S.S. 'Peary' departing from Wiscasset, 1925

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1925 Location: Wiscasset Media: Photographic print

Item 76882

Schooner 'Bowdoin' melting out, Refuge Harbor, Greenland, 1924

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1924 Media: Photographic print

Item 76976

Inuit man aboard 'Bowdoin,' 1947

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1947 Location: Thule Media: Transparency

Item 7472

Letter from Francis McLean to Henry Clinton, 1779

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1779-08-23 Location: Castine Media: Ink on paper

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Item 23295

Naval Officers, Wiscasset, 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1925 Location: Wiscasset Media: Glass Negative

Item 1329

Pay voucher for the expenses of the ship the Albany, 1779

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1779-12-10 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 7475

Henry Clinton letter on Penobscot River fort, 1779

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1779-04-13 Location: Castine Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9964

Peleg Wadsworth letter about Penobscot Expedition, 1779

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1779-08-14 Location: Castine Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9965

Peleg Wadsworth letter on the Penobscot Expedition, 1779

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1779-08-13 Location: Castine Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9966

Peleg Wadsworth letter about Penobscot Expedition, July 31, 1779

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1779-07-31 Location: Castine Media: Ink on paper

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Item 11237

Flag from North Pole, Augusta, 1982

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1982-06-27 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print

Item 12591

Capt. MacMillan departure, Wiscasset, 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1925 Location: Wiscasset Media: Glass Negative