Keywords: Portland, Maine
- Historical Items (6652)
- Tax Records (19147)
- Architecture & Landscape (418)
- Online Exhibits (219)
- Site Pages (246)
- My Maine Stories (79)
- Lesson Plans (13)
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 105949
Ed Byrnes' cottage, Lot #43 Leisure Lane, Frye Island, ca. 1970
Contributed by: Frye Island Historical Society Date: circa 1970 Location: Frye Island Media: Photographic print
Item 16875
Edward Preble quadrant, ca. 1780
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1780 Media: Wood, ivory, brass
Item 18925
Chest from the ship "Boxer," ca. 1813
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1812 Media: Wood, iron
Item 23850
Josiah Pierce on Civil War, Gorham, 1861
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Gorham; Baldwin Media: Ink on paper
Item 28359
G.W. Pierce to mother on trip, Burlington, Vt., 1835
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1835 Media: Ink on paper
Item 31745
Letter on diplomatic appointment, Washington, D.C., 1853
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1853 Location: Washington Media: Ink on paper
Item 31865
Josiah Pierce letter on activities in Russia, 1856
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1856 Location: Saint Petersburg Media: Ink on paper
Item 35973
Katharine Curtis, Summit, N.J., ca. 1892
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1892 Location: West Baldwin Media: Photographic print
Item 35980
Four generations of Curtis family, New York, 1906
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1906 Media: Photographic print
Item 35983
Henry H. Pierce, New York, 1935
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1935 Media: Photographic print
Item 35985
Maurice and Cecilia Pierce, Baldwin, ca. 1960
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1960 Location: Baldwin Media: Photographic print
Item 74110
Vertical writing practice sentences, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Media: Pencil on paper
Item 74147
'Medial Writing Book' cover, 1903
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1903 Media: Ink on paper
Item 74191
'A Calendar of Stray Thoughts,' ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Media: Ink on paper
Item 74472
Letter to Gen. G.F. Shepley on 'enemies,' New Orleans, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: New Orleans Media: Ink on paper
Item 84652
Civil War linen fragment, ca. 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Media: Linen
Item 102322
Laredo Army band parade, Texas, 1916
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1916 Location: Laredo Media: Photographic print
Item 102352
World War I veterans reunited, France, ca. 1927
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1927 Media: Photographic print
Item 26298
Captain's Cabin, "Washington B. Thomas," Thomaston, ca. 1903
Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: 1903 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print
Item 57188
Drs. Eben H. Bennet and DaCosta F. Bennet, Lubec, ca. 1928, ca. 1928
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1928 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print
Item 79704
Militiamen in dress uniform, Westport Island, ca. 1875
Recognize the militia uniforms? the men?
Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: circa 1875 Location: Westport Island Media: Lacquered iron
Item 16414
Aerobeacon at Wood Island Lighthouse, Biddeford, ca. 1980
Contributed by: Friends of Wood Island Lighthouse Date: circa 1980 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 80287
Letter to Sarah Tarbox from a former boarding school classmate, 1839
Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1839-05-22 Location: Westport; Boston; Topsham Media: Ink on paper
Item 9313
Home Economics Lab in Greely Institute, 1935
Contributed by: Cumberland Historical Society Date: 1935 Location: Cumberland Media: Photographic print