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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 6556

Ice Palace, Lewiston, 1925

Contributed by: Androscoggin Historical Society Date: 1925-02-05 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print

Item 6048

Star and compass ditty box, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Portland Media: Pine

Item 6235

Haydn's 'Creation' program, Portland, 1882

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1882-06-07 Location: Portland Media: Paper

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Item 6881

B-flat fife, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Media: Brass, walnut or rosewood

Item 19030

John Neal letter from Baltimore, 1815

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1815 Location: Baltimore; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 22218

John Neal to sister, 1815

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1815 Location: Baltimore; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 16109

John Neal letter about writing and family, 1846

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1846 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 6474

Dignitaries at Green Acre, Eliot, 1894

Contributed by: Eliot Baha'i Archives Date: 1894 Location: Eliot Media: Phototransparency

Item 19031

John Neal on love and happiness, ca. 1815

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1815 Location: Baltimore; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 79313

Seventh Annual Prize Speaking Contest Program, Dixfield, 1917

Contributed by: Dixfield Historical Society Date: 1917-02-16 Location: Dixfield Media: Ink on paper

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Item 6247

Handel's 'Joshua' program, Portland, 1882

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1882-12-22 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 28726

Dickens characters, Saco, 1912

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1912-06-07 Location: Saco Media: Photographic print

Item 23350

The rainy day poem Christmas greeting card, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Media: Postcard

Item 4110

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Media: Photographic print

Item 9983

Library float at Lovell Old Home Day Parade, 1976

Contributed by: Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library Date: 1976 Location: Lovell Media: Photographic print

Item 37055

William Willis, Portland, ca. 1846

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1846 Location: Portland Media: Daguerreotype

Item 97510

Robert J. Hamershlag bookplate, 1929

Contributed by: Cary Memorial Library in Wayne Date: 1929 Location: Wayne Media: Ink on paper

Item 6931

Hermann Kotzschmar, ca. 1891

Contributed by: First Parish in Portland Date: circa 1891 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 6226

Conference program, Green Acre, Eliot, 1901

Contributed by: Eliot Baha'i Archives Date: 1901 Location: Eliot Media: Ink on paper

Item 6934

Hermann Kotzschmar, Portland, ca. 1850

Contributed by: First Parish in Portland Date: circa 1850 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 6780

5th Infantry band, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1927 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 98734

Winward Prescott bookplate, 1912

Contributed by: Cary Memorial Library in Wayne Date: 1912 Location: Wayne Media: Ink on paper

Item 29438

Portable Desk, York, ca. 1810

Contributed by: Old York Historical Society Date: circa 1810 Location: York Media: Eastern white pine with mahogany and birch veneers

Item 36120

E.B. White letter to Katharine Pierce, 1947

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1947 Media: Ink on paper

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