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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 36103

Alexander Pierce gravesite, England, ca. 1874

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1874 Media: Photographic print

Item 70236

Dr. Gale on deceased soldier, New Orleans, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-05-16 Location: New Orleans Media: Ink on paper

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Item 76629

George Frost to George F. Shepley, New Orleans, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: New Orleans Media: Ink on paper

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Item 81047

Rebecca Usher on receipt of goods, visit to Baltimore, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Chester; Baltimore; Annapolis; Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 84642

Commander James Alden sword, ca. 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1864 Media: Steel, brass, fish skin

Item 98902

Kiah B. Sewall brief autobiography, Alabama, ca. 1854

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1854 Location: Mobile Media: Ink on paper

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Item 99335

Kiah B. Sewall, Boston, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: Boston Media: Photographic print

Item 99429

K.B. Sewall to wife on leaving Mobile, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Aberdeen; Mobile Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102529

Frank Kittredge's World War I tunic, ca. 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1917 Location: South Portland Media: Wool, Cotton, Metal

Item 105396

Victorian-era cotton dress, ca. 1855

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1855 Media: cotton

Item 9318

Agriculture Lab, Greely Institute, 1935

Contributed by: Cumberland Historical Society Date: 1935 Location: Cumberland Media: Photographic print

Item 9495

Schooner Zebedee E. Cliff, Boothbay Harbor, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: circa 1925 Location: Boothbay Harbor Media: Photographic print

Item 27938

Lincoln Bank Check, Bath, 1853

Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: 1853-03-29 Location: Bath Media: Ink on paper

Item 74388

George Henry Preble plea for reinstatement, Mobile, AL, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Mobile Media: Ink on paper

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Item 29347

Col. Andrew Dennison, Brunswick, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1860 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Item 105644

Sally Holmes, Alfred, 1820

Contributed by: Parsons Memorial Library Date: 1820-06-28 Location: Alfred Media: Oil on board

Item 1447

Rumford Falls, Buckfield Railroad, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Media: Photographic print

Item 18430

Wiswall mourning pendant, ca. 1775

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1775 Media: stone, glass

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 70237

Plea for medical school, New Orleans, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-05-16 Location: New Orleans Media: Ink on paper

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Item 74391

G. Henry Preble report on breach of blockade, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Mobile Media: Ink on paper

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Item 74469

Gen. G.F. Shepley to Edwin Stanton on Spanish ship, New Orleans, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-10-13 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 98609

Louise Titcomb letter to Rebecca Usher on Annapolis Hospital, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864-04-27 Location: Hollis; Annapolis Media: Ink on paper

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Item 99430

K.B. Sewall to Somers Sewall on escape from Mobile, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Washington; Mobile Media: Ink on paper

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