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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 79966

Waldo Street fire, Rumford, 1923

Contributed by: Greater Rumford Area Historical Society Date: 1923-08-23 Location: Rumford Media: Photographic print

Item 84625

President Lincoln funeral program, Portland, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 97581

Pvt. John Sheahan letter on picket duty, Virginia, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 98558

Civil War bayonet with leather scabbard, Windham, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Windham Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: Windham Media: brass, leather

Item 100170

Morley transfer-print bowl, Portland, 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Portland Media: Pottery, porcelain, ceramic

Item 101068

Co. B, Maine State Guard member, Bangor, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Date: 1864-06-17 Location: Bangor Media: Ink on paper

Item 101070

Knights Templar member, Bangor, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Date: 1864-06-17 Location: Bangor Media: Ink and watercolor on paper

Mystery Corner Item

Item 101885

Sezione Fascista Aldo Sette, Portland, ca. 1920

Mystery Corner Item Do you know anything about the Black Shirt movement in Portland, or names of people in this image?

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 102090

Bangor Auditorium, 1976

Contributed by: Richard Shaw through Bangor Public Library Date: 1976-05-06 Location: Bangor Media: Photoprint

Item 102231

Esther McDonald's Edwardian-era evening dress, Portland, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Portland Media: Satin, lace

Item 102234

Dress designed by M.M. Conlan, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Boston Media: Velveteen

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Item 102525

Thomas McPhail's World War I tunic, ca. 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1918 Location: Thomaston Media: Wool, cotton, burlap, metal

Item 105539

Vaughan Hall/McGeachey Hall at Maine Medical Center, Portland, 1980

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1980 Location: Portland Media: photographic print

Item 105600

Fringed day mantle, Portland, ca. 1878

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1878 Location: Portland Media: cotton, silk, satin

Item 105655

Taffeta bodice by Miss L.K. Stanley, Portland, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Portland Media: silk, cotton, glass, metal

Item 105706

Evening gown with pink decorative motif, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Media: silk, viscose rayon, glass beads, metal,

Item 105977

Zouave-inspired bolero jacket, ca. 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Media: wool, cotton, glass

Item 108787

kči-čči (The Great Penetrating Arrow), by James Eric Francis Sr., 2019

Contributed by: Hudson Museum, Univ. of Maine Date: circa 2019 Location: Old Town Media: Acrylic on canvas

Item 110636

Mourning ring for Eleanor Cummings, Portland, 1824

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1824 Location: Portland Media: gold, jet

Item 111446

Sequined evening gown, Lewiston, ca. 1905

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Lewiston; Augusta Media: silk, cotton, sequins

Item 148776

"Sunbeam V" docked at Isle au Haut, ca. 2009

Contributed by: Maine Seacoast Mission Date: circa 2009 Location: Isle au Haut Media: Photographic print

Item 149759

"Rottweiler," by Jeremy Frey, Old Town, 2007

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2007 Location: Old Town Media: Ash, sweetgrass, dye

Item 12577

Adam Simpson Green, Colby College in Waterville, 1887

Contributed by: Colby College Special Collections Date: circa 1887 Location: Waterville Media: Albumen print

Item 13487

C.A. Snow School students, Fryeburg, 1923

Contributed by: Fryeburg Historical Society Date: circa 1923 Location: Fryeburg Media: Photographic print