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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 1152

Great Conflagration in Portland, 1866

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1866-07-04 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 15476

The Chestnut Chair, ca. 1876

Contributed by: NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Date: circa 1876 Location: Cambridge Media: Wood

Item 8740

Glove of Artemus Ward, ca. 1862

Contributed by: Waterford Historical Society Date: circa 1862 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 29297

Sally Wood cross-stitch bookmark, Kennebunk, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Brick Store Museum Date: circa 1850 Location: Kennebunk Media: Fabric

Item 104262

"Chops and Tomato Sauce" as prepared for Samuel Pickwick, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Media: Watercolor, ink on paper

Item 104299

Six household suggestions and recipe for Champaign Cider, ca. 1890

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

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Item 1313

Theater, South Berwick, 1937

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1937-07-31 Location: South Berwick Media: Photographic print

Item 102277

Poem memorializing the loss of the steamer "Portland," 1899

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Chatham Media: Ink on paper

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Item 35585

Sylvester B. Beckett bas-relief, ca. 1851

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1851 Location: Portland Media: Plaster

Item 28300

Timothy Flint letter to G.W. Pierce, 1829

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1829 Location: Portland; Cincinnati Media: Ink on paper

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Item 1504

E.B. White, ca. 1952

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1952 Media: Photographic print

Item 29087

Austin Willey, Portland, ca. 1885

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1885 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 23767

Rainy day room, Wadsworth-Longfellow House, Portland, 1908

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1908 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 16930

Barrell Grove, York, 1800

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1800 Location: York Media: Watercolor

Item 18316

John Neal by George Washington Appleton, 1829

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1829 Location: Portland Media: Oil on Canvas

Item 18353

Penmanship sample, John Neal, ca. 1813

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1813 Media: Ink on paper

Item 6737

Brother Stephen Gowen, Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, ca. 1910

Contributed by: United Society of Shakers Date: circa 1910 Location: New Gloucester Media: Slide from a print

Item 18712

William Goold, Westbrook, 1831

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1830 Location: Westbrook Media: Ink wash and cut paper

Item 15474

Frances Appleton Longfellow by Rowse, 1859

Contributed by: NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Date: 1859 Location: Cambridge Media: Chalk on paper

Item 15887

Library, Vassall-Craigie-Longfellow House, Cambridge, Massachusetts, ca. 1974

Contributed by: NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Date: circa 1974 Location: Cambridge Media: Color transparency