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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 104435

James Davis of the 9th Maine Regiment, ca. 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Location: Plymouth; Black Island Media: Ambrotype

Item 105862

Pvt. Florentino Lopez with Atkins children, North Yarmouth, 1942

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1942 Location: North Yarmouth Media: Photographic print

Item 10055

Penobscot Band Basket, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Hudson Museum, Univ. of Maine Date: circa 1860 Media: Black ash

Item 149666

St. Mary's Hospital, Lewiston, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Acadian Archives Date: circa 1925 Location: Lewiston Media: Black and white photograph

Item 103260

Letter of Attorney from John B. Russwurm to Jacob G. Loving, Liberia, 1851

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1851-02-28 Location: Cape Palmas; North Yarmouth; Yarmouth Media: Ink on paper

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Item 103263

Samuel McGill letter regarding John B. Russwurm's death, Yarmouth, 1851

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1851-09-19 Location: Cape Palmas; North Yarmouth; Yarmouth Media: Ink on paper

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Item 29287

Soldiers in truck, North Yarmouth, 1942

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1942 Location: North Yarmouth Media: Photographic print

Item 102631

"Creation" cuff bracelet by Jason Brown, Bangor, 2016

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2016 Location: Bangor Media: Copper, brown ash

Item 9821

Dr. Salustiano Fanduiz, Brunswick, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1895 Location: Brunswick; Harpswell Media: Photograph, print

Item 108787

kči-čči (The Great Penetrating Arrow), by James Eric Francis Sr., 2019

Contributed by: Hudson Museum, Univ. of Maine Date: circa 2019 Location: Old Town Media: Acrylic on canvas

Item 20337

John Johnson at the wheel, New Sweden, ca. 1920

Contributed by: New Sweden Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: New Sweden; Van Buren Media: Photographic print

Item 105920

Redline map of Portland and South Portland, 1935

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1935-11-15 Location: Portland; South Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 101885

Sezione Fascista Aldo Sette, Portland, ca. 1920

Do you know anything about the Black Shirt movement in Portland, or names of people in this image?

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 12577

Adam Simpson Green, Colby College in Waterville, 1887

Contributed by: Colby College Special Collections Date: circa 1887 Location: Waterville Media: Albumen print

Item 135793

Fancy basket by Hilary Browne, 2017

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2017 Location: Old Town Media: Black ash, sweetgrass

Item 23440

Penobscot square band basket, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Hudson Museum, Univ. of Maine Date: circa 1880 Media: Ash splints

Item 11528

Memories of Hope Island, 1935

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1935 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper, photographs

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Item 14405

Carrying Basket, Micmac, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: circa 1870 Media: Ash

Item 26756

Main Street, Bangor, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: circa 1940 Location: Bangor Media: Postcard

Item 67505

4th U.S. Colored Infantry, Fort Lincoln, Washington, D.C., ca. 1864

Contributed by: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division through Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1864 Location: Washington Media: Digital image of glass negative