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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 67891

Elzira Haley letter to her father, William Haley Jr., 1865

Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1865-06-18 Location: Sebago; Standish; Gorham; Portland Media: Pencil on paper

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Item 28451

Certificate of Admittance to Masonic Lodge, Bath, 1868

Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: 1868-10-01 Location: Bath Media: Ink on paper, paper certificate with ribbon and se

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Item 17349

Binoculars, Wood Island Lighthouse, ca. 1865

Contributed by: An individual through Friends of Wood Island Lighthouse Date: circa 1865 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Glass, metal

Item 24026

Mount Desert Rock Light, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1930 Media: Postcard

Item 53403

The Flying Yankee at the Biddeford train station, ca. 1950

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1950 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 37197

Ferry, Lubec, 1892

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1892-04-16 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Item 98474

Launching of schooner "Eleanor F. Bartram," East Boothbay, 1903

Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: 1903 Location: East Boothbay Media: Photographic print

Item 8947

Letter from Peleg Wadsworth to Elizabeth Wadsworth, 1800

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1800-05-03 Location: Philadelphia; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 8950

Letter from Elizabeth Wadsworth to her father, Peleg Wadsworth, 1800

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1800-04-24 Location: Portland; Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9167

John Adams letter to Samuel Freeman, 1777

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1777-04-27 Location: Portland; Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10542

William Bayley to mother, June 9, 1777

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1777-06-09 Location: Portland; Ticonderoga Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10547

William Bayley to mother, July 5, 1777

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1777-07-05 Location: Ticonderoga; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10549

William Bayley to mother, December 1777

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1777 Location: New Providence; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10550

William Bayley letter to mother, April 16, 1778

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1778-04-16 Location: Valley Forge; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10551

William Bayley letter to mother, July 7, 1778

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1778-07-07 Location: Valley Forge; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10552

William Bayley to mother, October 30, 1778

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1778-10-30 Location: Hartford; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10554

William Bayley letter to mother, January 28, 1780

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1780-01-28 Location: Portland; West Point Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10557

William Bayley letter to mother, October 7, 1781

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1781-10-07 Location: Portland; West Point Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10558

Letter from William Bayley to mother, September 11, 1782

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1782-09-11 Location: West Point; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 22424

John Adams letter North Yarmouth residents, 1798

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1798-10-31 Location: North Yarmouth; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 104493

Daguerreotype of Horatio Woodman in fur, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Portland; Buxton Media: Daguerreotype

Item 30956

Tree Baptist Temple, Ocean Park, ca. 1910

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Photographic print

Item 27915

Fire at Centre and Front streets, Bath, 1894

Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: 1894 Location: Bath Media: Photographic print

Item 16579

Steam ferry Schoodic, Winter Harbor, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Winter Harbor Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Winter Harbor Media: Photographic print