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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 12326

Theater Program for Evangeline, 1902

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

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Item 13295

Silhouettes of the Famous Class of 1825, Bowdoin College, ca. 1825

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1825 Location: Brunswick Media: Ink on paper

Item 14687

William Allen, Brunswick, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: Brunswick; Cambridge 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 14796

Book solitication poster, ca. 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1917 Media: Ink on paper, poster

Item 15049

Books wanted World War I poster, ca. 1918

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

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

Item 17657

H.W. Longfellow, Cambridge, 1841

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1841 Location: Cambridge Media: Silhouette, ink on paper

Item 18272

Battle of Lovell's Pond poem, ca. 1760

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1760 Location: Fryeburg Media: Ink on paper

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Item 22021

Thomas W. Hyde, Bath, ca. 1876

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: circa 1876 Location: Augusta; Bowdoin Media: Carte de visite

Item 24004

Hotel Bar Harbor, Bar Harbor, 1951

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: 1887 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Postcard

Item 26535

Acrostic, Kittery Point, 1809

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1804-11-10 Location: Kittery Media: Watercolor on paper

Item 29087

Austin Willey, Portland, ca. 1885

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

Item 29261

Thursday Club tea cup, Biddeford, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Biddeford Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Biddeford Media: China

Item 31196

Thursday Club anniversary program, Biddeford, 1939

Contributed by: Biddeford Historical Society Date: 1939-01-04 Location: Biddeford Media: Ink on paper

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Item 31223

Invitation to Thursday Club's Colonial Tea Party, Biddeford, 1896

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1896-11-18 Location: Biddeford Media: Ink on paper

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Item 36234

Josiah Pierce letter on Longfellow bust endorsements, London, 1883

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1883 Location: Portland; London Media: Ink on paper

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Item 49363

Peleg Whitman Chandler, Boston, ca. 1841

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

Item 51644

Longfellow bust gift, London, 1884

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1884 Location: London; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 52779

Grenville Mellen, ca. 1835

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1835 Location: Yarmouth Media: Oil

Item 58336

Frederick Mellen, ca. 1834

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1834 Location: Portland Media: Oil

Item 71699

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow homes in Portland, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Portland Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 72845

Letter from Sheriff Harry French to J.H. Montgomery, March 1901

Contributed by: Camden Public Library Date: 1901-03-06 Location: Kingman; Bangor; Camden Media: Paper

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