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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 135785

Owl's Nest, Yellow House, Gardiner, ca. 1985

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1985 Location: Gardiner Media: photographic print

Item 135787

North Parlour (North View), Yellow House, Gardiner, ca. 1985

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1985 Location: Gardiner Media: photographic print

Item 149592

"Paul Revere’s Ride" sheet music cover, New York, 1905

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1775 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 25217

J.M. Brown to sister from South Carolina, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Folly Island Media: Ink on paper

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Item 28293

G.W. Pierce letter about Cincinnati, 1829

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

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Item 37517

Stevens plan for Westbrook Junior College, Portland, 1937

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1937 Location: Portland Media: Pencil on cardboard, watercolors

Item 68908

Virginia Porter, Farmington State Normal School, ca. 1907

Contributed by: Mantor Library at UMF Date: circa 1907 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print

Item 69763

Class schedule, Farmington State Normal School, 1918

Contributed by: Mantor Library at UMF Date: 1918 Location: Farmington Media: Ink on paper

Item 80298

Letter to Sarah Tarbox from brother Valentine, 1840

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1840-08-26 Location: Westport Island; Readfield; Kents Hill Media: Ink on paper

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Item 1135

Brilliant Costume Spectacle, Boothbay, 1888

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1888-10-01 Location: Boothbay Media: Ink on paper

Item 9429

The Cruiser, Freeport, January 1859

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1859 Location: Freeport; South Freeport Media: Paper

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Item 9431

The Cruiser, Freeport, April 1859

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1859 Location: Freeport; South Freeport Media: Paper

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Item 9432

The Cruiser, Freeport, April 1859

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1859 Location: Freeport; South Freeport Media: Paper

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Item 29038

James Montgomery Flagg and Rupert Hughes at Biddeford Pool, ca. 1915

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1915 Location: Biddeford Media: Postcard

Item 102253

Republican Convention poem, Whitneyville, 1860

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1860-05-25 Location: Whitneyville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 135779

North Parlour (West View) [wide view of piano displaying full windows on either side], Yellow House, Gardiner, ca. 1985

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1985 Location: Gardiner Media: photographic print

Item 17799

Faculty, Eastern Music Camp, Sidney, 1931

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1931 Location: Sidney Media: Photographic print

Item 98824

Waldo-Hancock Bridge, Verona Island, 1931

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: 1931 Location: Verona Island Media: Glass Negative

Item 108961

Women's Christian Temperance Union auto parade, Portland, 1910

Courtesy of Henry Gartley, an individual partner Date: 1910-09-29 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print