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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 23502

Penobscot cape collar, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Hudson Museum, Univ. of Maine Date: circa 1870 Media: Beads

Item 15560

Narrative of voyage to Pemaquid, 1677

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1677 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 23483

Penobscot rootclub, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Hudson Museum, Univ. of Maine Date: circa 1910 Media: Wood

Item 7354

Robinhaud deed to land at Sheepscot River, 1662

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1662-12-22 Location: Wiscasset Media: Ink on paper

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Item 6657

Wabanaki trade brooch, ca. 1780

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1780 Location: Old Town Media: Silver alloy

Item 23505

Penobscot child's moccasins, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Hudson Museum, Univ. of Maine Date: circa 1870 Location: Indian Island Media: Cloth, beads

Item 25675

List of tribes and chiefs, 1726

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1726 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 28651

The Woman and the Serpent, ca. 1884

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1884 Media: Ink on paper

Item 28652

The Indian Puck, or Robin Good-Fellow, ca. 1884

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1884 Media: Ink on paper

Item 28656

Glooskap Turning a Man Into a Cedar Tree, ca. 1884

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1884 Media: Ink on paper

Item 1475

Penobscot moccasins, Bangor, 1834

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1834 Location: Bangor Media: Leather, wool, cellulosic fiber fabric, silk, glass beads

Item 99340

Lucretia Day to Kiah Sewall, Portland, 1830

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1830 Location: Portland; New York Media: Ink on paper

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Item 7537

Arrowhead, ca. 1000

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1000 Location: East Machias Media: Stone

Item 18714

Charles Turner account of climbing Katahdin, 1804

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1804 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 28654

Glooskap Setting His Dogs on the Witches, ca. 1884

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1884 Media: Ink on paper

Item 6239

Passamaquoddy basket, Clara and Rocky Keezer, ca. 1993

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1993 Location: Perry Media: Split ash and sweet grass, Digital photograph

Item 7539

Indian pipe, East Machias, ca. 1000

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1000 Location: East Machias Media: Stone

Item 28643

John Bear Mitchell, 'Glooskap, the Great Chief,' 2008

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2008-01-09 Location: Orono Media: Audio recording (born digital), MP3

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Item 28644

John Bear Mitchell, 'The Year Summer Was Stolen,' 2008

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2008-01-09 Location: Orono Media: Audio recording (born digital), MP3

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Item 23478

Spirit face rootclub, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Hudson Museum, Univ. of Maine Date: circa 1900 Media: Wood

Item 16491

Metacom of Pokanoket or "King Philip", 1881

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1676 Media: Ink on paper

Item 14423

Jewelry Box, ca. 1970

Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: circa 1970 Location: Indian Township Media: Ash, sweetgrass, dye

Item 18403

St-Jean-Baptiste parade, Lewiston, 1958

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 1958 Location: Lewiston; Auburn Media: Photographic print

Item 104967

Passamaquoddy basket in the shape of a hat, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Media: Ash, dyes, sweetgrass, cordage