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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 101906

Champlain Society Report of the the Meteorological Department, Mount Desert Island, 1880-1881

Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: 1880–1881 Location: Mount Desert Island Media: Ink on paper, unbound

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Item 7196

Charles Vaughan letter to Kennebec Proprietors, 1808

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1808-04-10 Location: Hallowell Media: Ink on paper
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Item 82099

Champlain Society Records and Yacht Log, Mount Desert Island, 1881

Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: 1881 Location: Mount Desert Island Media: Bound book, ink on paper

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Item 33554

Standpipe, Bangor, ca. 1944

Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: circa 1944 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Item 33556

Camouflaged Standpipe, Bangor, ca. 1944

Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: circa 1944 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Item 135799

William Wood, Portland, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 11772

Surveyor's Vernier Compass, ca. 1840

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1840 Media: Brass, glass and pine

Item 101783

Champlain Society Meetings and Records, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1886-1889

Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: 1886–1889 Location: Mount Desert; Boston; Cambridge Media: book, Ink on paper

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Item 55122

Schooner 'Bowdoin,' Greenland, 1939, 1939

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1939 Location: Kangerdluk Fjord Media: Photo negative

Item 1474

Birch bark box by Mali Agat, ca. 1770

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1770 Media: Birchbark

Item 11773

Surveyor's half chain, ca. 1800

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1800 Media: Iron, brass

Item 100480

Champlain Society Camp Asticou Log, Northeast Harbor, 1883

Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: 1883 Location: Northeast Harbor Media: Bound book, ink on paper

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Item 29393

Dunstan Observation Post, Scarborough, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1950 Location: Scarborough Media: Photographic print

Item 40309

Camouflaged ships, Casco Bay, 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1918 Media: Watercolor on paper

Item 99480

Sophomore Lab Class, Farmington State Normal School 1943-44

Contributed by: Mantor Library at UMF Date: circa 1943 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print

Item 104936

Home Economics cooking class, Farmington, 1916

Contributed by: Mantor Library at UMF Date: 1916 Location: Farmington Media: Photograph

Item 10623

Edmund S. Muskie Archives Dedication, Lewiston, 1985

Contributed by: Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library Date: 1985-09-28 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print

Item 19251

John M. Dillingham to his mother Margaret, August 31, 1862

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Freeport; Boston Media: Paper

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Item 19258

Letter written by John M. Dillingham to his mother Margaret, August 22, 1862

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Freeport; Boston Media: Paper

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Item 20964

Capt. John Dillingham letter from Port au Prince, Haiti, 1845

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1845 Location: Port au Prince; Freeport Media: Ink on paper

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Item 31980

World War II, Army Observation Post, Hallowell, 1943

Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: 1943 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print

Item 97580

Pvt. John Sheahan on 'great raid,' Virginia, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Dennysville; Richmond Media: Ink on paper

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Item 25121

Student project display, Portland, 1924

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1924 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 25124

Student hats, Portland, 1924

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1924 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative