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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 81565

Walker Memorial Library Reading Room, Westbrook, 1943

Contributed by: Walker Memorial Library Date: 1943-11-07 Location: Westbrook Media: Photographic print

Item 14785

Hey fellows! World War I book poster, 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1918 Media: Ink on paper, lithograph, poster

Item 135789

North Bedroom, Yellow House, Gardiner, ca. 1985

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1985 Location: Gardiner Media: photographic print

Item 12326

Theater Program for Evangeline, 1902

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1902 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 69763

Class schedule, Farmington State Normal School, 1918

Contributed by: Mantor Library at UMF Date: 1918 Location: Farmington Media: Ink on paper

Item 11278

Hiawatha movie handbill, ca. 1952

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1952 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 49363

Peleg Whitman Chandler, Boston, ca. 1841

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1841 Location: Boston Media: Daguerreotype

Item 11631

Myles Birket Foster illustration for the poem The Grave, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Media: Ink on paper

Item 18275

Commemorative pitcher with portrait of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1880 Location: Cambridge Media: Ceramic

Item 135776

North Parlour (South View), Yellow House, Gardiner, ca. 1985

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1985 Location: Gardiner Media: photographic print

Item 20545

The Mummy Club or Mummies Club, Brunswick, ca. 1879

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1879 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Item 11658

Illustration, The Building of the Ship, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Media: Ink on paper

Item 135780

North Parlour (West View), Yellow House, Gardiner, ca. 1985

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1985 Location: Gardiner Media: photographic print

Item 80298

Letter to Sarah Tarbox from brother Valentine, 1840

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1840-08-26 Location: Westport Island; Readfield; Kents Hill Media: Ink on paper

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Item 1381

Kenneth Roberts, Kennebunkport, 1939

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1939-07-27 Location: Kennebunkport Media: Photographic print

Item 15919

Sketch of The Village Smithy, Cambridge by Henry W. Longfellow, 1840

Contributed by: NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Date: 1840 Location: Cambridge Media: Ink on paper

Item 135784

Pantry, Yellow House, Gardiner, ca. 1985

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1985 Location: Gardiner Media: photographic print

Item 14687

William Allen, Brunswick, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: Brunswick; Cambridge Media: Photographic print

Item 135790

Side view of front door, Yellow House, Gardiner, ca. 1985

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1985 Location: Gardiner Media: photographic print

Item 1501

Ben Ames Williams with dogs, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Media: Photographic print

Item 11377

Hiawatha Story Card 2, 1922

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1922 Media: Ink on cardboard

Item 72849

Edna St. Vincent Millay, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1915

Contributed by: Camden Public Library Date: 1915-10-11 Location: Poughkeepsie Media: Photographic print

Item 135778

Front Entry, Yellow House, Gardiner, ca. 1985

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1985 Location: Gardiner Media: photographic print

Item 1512

Scott Nearing, Harborside, 1983

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1983-07-29 Location: Harborside Media: Photographic print