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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 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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Item 105293

Madam de St. Felix ball dress, ca. 1820

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1820 Location: Philadelphia Media: cotton

Item 30871

Shipping document for lighthouse bell, Biddeford, 1976

Contributed by: Biddeford Historical Society Date: 1976-10-04 Location: Biddeford Media: Ink on paper

Item 19228

M. V. Bluenose Ferry, Bar Harbor, ca. 1960

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1960 Location: Bar Harbor; Yarmouth Media: Photograph Postcard

Item 28471

William Henry Fogg Civil War Reminiscences, Bath, 1888

Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: circa 1888 Location: Bath; Richmond Media: Ink on paper

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Item 101271

Robert Paine on manufacturing saltpeter and gunpowder, Philadelphia, 1776

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-03-16 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 101828

Cargo of Ship Eagle, 1791

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1791 Location: Les Cayes Media: Ink on paper

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Item 111511

Floral maxi-dress, Kennebunk, ca. 1972

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1972 Media: cotton, plastic