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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 23427

Star lobster packing label, ca. 1867

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1867 Location: Portland; Paris Media: Ink on paper

Item 23428

Yarmouth Packing Company lobster label, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Yarmouth Media: Ink on paper

Item 23430

Fresh Bay Lobster Gorham Packing Co. label, ca. 1880

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

Item 23441

Penobscot pin cushion by Theresa Camilla Lyon Sockalexis, ca. 1934

Contributed by: Hudson Museum, Univ. of Maine Date: circa 1934 Location: Indian Island Media: Ash splints

Item 23442

Penobscot scissors case by Theresa Lyon Sockalexis, ca. 1934

Contributed by: Hudson Museum, Univ. of Maine Date: circa 1934 Location: Indian Island Media: Ash splints

Item 23444

Thimble basket by Theresa Lyon Sockalexis, Indian Island, ca. 1934

Contributed by: Hudson Museum, Univ. of Maine Date: circa 1934 Location: Indian Island Media: Ash splints

Item 23457

Penobscot miniature hamper, ca. 1960

Contributed by: Hudson Museum, Univ. of Maine Date: circa 1960 Media: Ash splints

Item 23489

Birchbark bucket, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Hudson Museum, Univ. of Maine Date: 1900 Media: Birchbark

Item 23495

Birchbark wastebasket, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Hudson Museum, Univ. of Maine Date: circa 1900 Media: Birchbark

Item 23500

Penobscot urchin basket, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Hudson Museum, Univ. of Maine Date: circa 1890 Location: Indian Island Media: Plant material

Item 23502

Penobscot cape collar, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Hudson Museum, Univ. of Maine Date: circa 1870 Media: Beads

Item 23505

Penobscot child's moccasins, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Hudson Museum, Univ. of Maine Date: circa 1870 Location: Indian Island Media: Cloth, beads

Item 23509

Penobscot birchbark basket by Barry Dana, ca. 2001

Contributed by: Hudson Museum, Univ. of Maine Date: circa 2001 Media: Birchbark, spruce root, porcupine quill

Item 23628

Penobscot button basket by Theresa Lyon Sockalexis, ca. 1934

Contributed by: Hudson Museum, Univ. of Maine Date: 1934 Location: Indian Island Media: Ash splints

Item 64112

Pierpole Brand Maine Apples can label, ca. 1924

Contributed by: Strong Historical Society Date: circa 1924 Location: Strong Media: Ink on paper

Item 80750

Miniature camp scene, Wabanaki, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: circa 1910 Media: Ash splints, sweetgrass, dye

Item 80755

Miniature canoe, ca. 1893

Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: circa 1893 Location: Pleasant Point; Perry Media: Birchbark, ash, cedar

Item 84631

N. Winslow & Co. corn label, Portland, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100351

Anshe Sfard yahrzeit board, Portland, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Maine Jewish Museum through Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Portland Media: Wood, brass, paint

Item 100352

Anshe Sfard yahrzeit board, Portland, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Maine Jewish Museum through Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Portland Media: Wood, brass, paint

Item 148129

Twenty dollar bank note from New England Bank, Fairmount, 1857

Courtesy of June Contreras, an individual partner Date: 1857 Location: Bangor Media: tissue paper

Item 6631

Aurelia G. Mace, Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, 1905

Contributed by: United Society of Shakers Date: 1905-03-06 Location: New Gloucester Media: print, glass-plate negative

Item 6732

Pageant, Sabbathday Lake, ca. 1912

Contributed by: United Society of Shakers Date: circa 1912 Location: New Gloucester Media: Slide from a film negative

Item 17040

Dix Island Granite Company, Dix Island, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Maine Granite Industry Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: Dix Island Media: Photographic print