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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 10556
Jean Bayley letter to son, July 12, 1781
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1781-07-12 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 10583
Property deed signed by Lucy Knox, 1810
Contributed by: The General Henry Knox Museum Date: 1810-08-10 Location: Thomaston Media: Ink on paper
Item 18072
Preble mansion, Congress Street, Portland, ca. 1856
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1856 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 18185
Joseph Fitch Potter, Sebago, ca. 1860
Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: Sebago Media: Print
Item 20619
A. Peterson residence, ca. 1938
Contributed by: New Sweden Historical Society Date: circa 1938 Location: New Sweden Media: Photographic print
Item 21492
Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Sanford Media: Print from glass negative
Item 21538
George P. Chase, Sanford, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Sanford; Waterboro Media: Print from Glass Negative
Item 23851
Pierce sisters to brother, Baldwin, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Baldwin; Gorham Media: Ink on paper
Item 33446
Dwelling on Blanchard Road, Cumberland, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Cumberland Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Cumberland Media: Photographic print
Item 36128
Ruth Pierce Crocker account of Portland fire, 1866
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1886-07-04 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 42398
Kate A. Farnham as 'Portrait of Marie de' Medici,' Portland, 1923
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1923-12-15 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 65065
Emma Coulters' house, Surry, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Surry Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Surry Media: Silver print photograph pasted on top of an old postcard
Item 102266
Mrs. R. P. Colby residence, Westport Island, ca. 1908
Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: circa 1908 Location: Westport Island Media: Postcard
Item 102389
Cattle show, North New Portland, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Stanley Museum on deposit at Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: North New Portland Media: Lantern slide, hand colored
Item 102443
Stanley Hill Beeches, Kingfield, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Stanley Museum on deposit at Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Kingfield Media: Lantern slide, hand colored
Item 80766
William Pitt Preble, Great Cranberry Island, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Cranberry Isles Media: Cabinet photograph
Item 4169
Hannah Lane Usher, Hollis, ca. 1870
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Hollis Center Media: Photographic print
Item 13214
Spring and Main Street, Westbrook, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Westbrook Media: Photographic print
Item 17361
Toy Len Goon in Washington, D.C., 1952
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1952 Location: Washington; Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 33635
Ernestine Gagne and grandchildren, Lewiston, ca. 1972
Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: circa 1972 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print
Item 34548
Martha Libby, Brunswick, ca. 1870
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1870 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print
Item 35952
Anne L. Pierce, Mary L. Greenleaf, Portland, ca. 1896
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1896 Location: Portland Media: Cyanotype
Item 36073
Baldwin deed to Phebe Sanborn, 1859
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1859 Location: Baldwin Media: Ink on paper
Item 36122
Josiah Pierce on Longfellow bust ceremony, London, 1884
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1884 Location: London Media: Ink on paper