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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 105490

"Ordinary" dress, ca. 1845

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1845 Media: Wool, cotton, silk

Item 105497

Almina Deering's striped dress with velvet trim, Waterboro, ca. 1856

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1856 Location: Waterboro Media: silk, cotton

Item 105802

Richard Siver's Mackinaw jacket, Kennebunk, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Kennebunk; Milwaukee Media: wool, metal, fiberglass, plastic, viscose

Item 105803

Powder blue rental tuxedo, South Portland, ca. 1975

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1975 Location: South Portland Media: polyester, cotton, plastic, metal

Item 105817

Altered mourning dress, Standish, ca. 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Location: Standish Media: silk, cotton, linen

Item 105841

Zilpah Longfellow's mourning dress, Portland, ca. 1804

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1804 Location: Portland Media: silk, cotton gauze

Item 108581

Dr. MacVane's cigar label smoking jacket, Portland, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Media: ribbon, silk, velvet

Item 108848

Map and petition, Sandy River, 1798

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1798 Location: New Vineyard; Farmington Media: Ink on paper

Item 110903

Map of Cornwall, ca. 1823

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1823 Location: Cornwall ; Cornwall Island Media: Ink on paper

Item 116456

Landry barn mortise and tenon, Saint Francis, 1974

Contributed by: Acadian Archives Date: 1974 Location: Saint Francis Media: photographic print

Item 135823

Covid quilt, 2020

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2020 Location: Peaks Island Media: Cotton

Item 64120

Commissioner of Education letter, Surry, 1952

Contributed by: Surry Historical Society Date: 1952-09-30 Location: Surry Media: Ink on paper

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Item 105920

Redline map of Portland and South Portland, 1935

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1935-11-15 Location: Portland; South Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 7345

Letter from Ambrose Crane about stolen slave, 1835

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1835 Location: Augusta; Hallowell; St. Marks Media: Ink on paper

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Item 7372

Bill of lading for slave, 1719

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1719 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 13205

Colonel Henry Clay Merriam, Washington, ca. 1885

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1885 Location: Houlton; Walla Walla Media: Photographic print

Item 15560

Narrative of voyage to Pemaquid, 1677

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1677 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 16966

North Union School, Cooper, 1905

Contributed by: Alexander-Crawford Historical Society Date: 1905 Location: Cooper Media: Photographic print

Item 23018

House and Garden -Interior of Fairview Acres Unfurnished Apartment, 1944

Contributed by: Presque Isle Historical Society Date: 1944-07-22 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print

Item 23859

Malaga Island residents with missionary, 1909

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1909 Location: Phippsburg Media: Ink on paper

Item 25109

Ku Klux Klan field day, Portland, 1926

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1926-08-28 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 27912

Center Street Postcard, Bath, ca. 1914

Contributed by: Private Collection through Patten Free Library Date: circa 1914 Location: Bath Media: Postcard

Item 27920

Library Park, Bath, ca. 1905

Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: circa 1905 Location: Bath Media: Postcard

Item 27941

First National Bank of Bath postcard, ca. 1913

Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: 1913-01-17 Location: Bath Media: Postcard