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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 19248

John M. Dillingham letter to mother, November 30, 1862

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

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Item 19241

John M. Dillingham letter to mother, July 21, 1863

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Freeport; Charleston Media: Paper

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Item 19243

John M. Dillingham to his mother, South Carolina, 1863

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Freeport; Charleston; Port Royal; Wilmington Media: Paper

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Item 10760

Louise H. Coburn, Skowhegan, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1880 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print

Item 8994

Birthplace of Frank A. Munsey, Skowhegan, ca. 1919

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1919 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print

Item 20481

Quinnan Family, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1860 Media: Daguerreotype

Item 15999

Moses Greenleaf letter to his family, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 16002

Letter to family from Moses Greenleaf, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 35858

Marshall Phillips on evacuation of Yorktown, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Yorktown Media: Pencil on paper

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Item 18055

Letter from Jay Preble to Ruth Preble, 1948

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1948-01-04 Location: Bangor; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 101528

Three Perkins sisters, Westport Island, ca. 1908

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: circa 1908 Location: Westport Island; Phippsburg Media: Photographic print

Item 19245

John M. Dillingham to mother, March 1, 1863

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Freeport; Port Royal Media: Paper

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Item 143

Lucretia Day Sewall and children, Portland, ca. 1849

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1849 Location: Mobile Media: Daguerreotype

Item 22416

J. M. Dillingham letter to mother, October 1861

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Freeport; Queenstown; Cork; Antwerp Media: Ink on paper

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Item 78946

Emilie Clarissa Meynell Somes and Thaddeus Sheply Somes, Somesville, ca. 1905

Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Mount Desert Media: Photographic print

Item 100334

British volunteer militia cufflinks, Portland, ca. 1758

Contributed by: Tate House Museum Date: circa 1758 Location: Portland Media: Brass

Item 99433

K.B. Sewall on plans to return to Portland, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Mobile; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 105181

Verlie and Nettie Colby, Westport Island, ca. 1909

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: circa 1909 Location: Westport Island Media: Photographic print

Item 52193

Deering Family Living Room, 1937

Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: 1937-04-09 Location: Saco Media: Photographic print

Item 99432

K.B. Sewall list of items to take to Mobile, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865-05-15 Location: Mobile Media: Ink on paper

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Item 20950

Alexander family, North Harpswell, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1880 Location: Harpswell Media: Stereograph

Item 9430

The Cruiser, Freeport, March 27, 1859

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1859 Location: Freeport; South Freeport Media: Paper

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Item 7586

Frank Swan's summer camp, music room, ca. 1905

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1905 Location: Madison Media: Photographic print

Item 52192

Deering Family Dining Room, Saco, 1937

Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: 1937-04-09 Location: Saco Media: Photographic print