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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 34329
Early electric generator, Lubec, ca. 1903, ca. 1903
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1903 Location: Lubec Media: Photograph, mat size listed
Item 16474
Mortar and Pestle, Houlton, ca. 1830
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1830 Location: Houlton Media: Wood
Item 20073
Battery voltage tester. Stockholm. ca. 1900
Contributed by: Stockholm Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Stockholm Media: Metal
Item 10339
Atlas Plywood Co., Stockholm, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Stockholm Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Stockholm Media: Photographic print
Item 18232
Contributed by: An individual through Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1840 Location: Warren Media: Metal
Item 103690
Two carpenters, Bingham, ca. 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Location: Bingham Media: Tintype
Item 103688
Bowdoin College medical students, Brunswick, ca. 1869
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1869 Location: Brunswick Media: Tintype
Item 8345
Peavey Loghauler, ca. 1910, 1909
Contributed by: Patten Lumbermen's Museum Date: 1909 Media: Photographic print
Item 9750
Orrin Roberts' Blacksmith Shop, Sanford, ca. 1892
Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1892 Location: Sanford Media: Print from glass negative
Item 13380
Steam-powered shovel, Portland Company, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 22805
Electric toaster, Houlton, ca. 1915
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1915 Location: Houlton; New Britain Media: Steel
Item 5622
Sulphite digester for Glen Falls Paper Manufacturing Co., ca. 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 14553
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Media: Wood, metal
Item 23086
Through shot, Ambajejus, ca. 1900, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Ambajejus Boom House Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: T1 R9 WELS Media: Wood
Item 47793
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Media: Tintype
Item 13002
Fog Whistle Engineering Drawing, Portland Company, 1868
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1868-08-13 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper, drawings
Item 15733
Hay press, Stockholm, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Stockholm Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Stockholm Media: Wood
Item 20388
Delivery forceps, Fryeburg, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Fryeburg Historical Society Date: circa 1938 Location: Fryeburg Media: Metal
Item 13316
Morgan steam engine plans, ca. 1838
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1838 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 13469
Brass Oil Measure Cans used in Lighthouses, ca. 1800
Contributed by: Museum at Portland Head Date: circa 1800 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Brass
Item 103940
Rusty turbine at Biddeford Mills, 2015
Contributed by: Biddeford Mills Museum Date: circa 1846 Location: Biddeford Media: Digital photograph
Item 8914
Four-wheel drive truck with Sargent snowplow, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Portland Media: Photoprint
Item 23072
Boom chain, Ambajejus, ca. 1950
Contributed by: Ambajejus Boom House Museum Date: circa 1950 Location: Ambajejus Media: Steel
Item 34228
Vaughan Farm, Harvester, Hallowell, ca. 1933
Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1933 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print