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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 15051

Socket chisel, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1850 Location: Chesterville Media: Handforged steel, iron, wooden handle

Item 15053

Socket chisel, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1850 Location: Portland Media: Iron, welded steel

Item 15054

Gouge, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1850 Location: Union Media: Cast steel, wood

Item 15059

Rounding plane, ca. 1760

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1760 Media: Wood, steel blade

Item 15060

Gouge, ca. 1820

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1820 Location: Cherryfield Media: Forged iron, steel

Item 11351

Chair/table, possibly York County, ca. 1715

Contributed by: Old York Historical Society Date: 1700–1730 Media: Pine

Item 25413

Freelan Oscar Stanley Violin, 1865

Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: 1865 Location: Kingfield Media: Spruce and maple

Item 148621

Henry Harris in workshop, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: Mercer Media: Stereograph

Item 30858

Aftermath of Hardwood Products Fire, Guilford, 1958

Contributed by: Guilford Historical Society Date: 1958 Location: Guilford Media: Photographic print

Item 16809

Socket gouge, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1850 Media: Forged iron, welded cast steel, iron ferrule

Item 31833

Anderson snowshoes, North Yarmouth, ca. 1936

Contributed by: North Yarmouth Historical Society Date: circa 1936 Location: North Yarmouth Media: Wood (white ash), cowhide, varnish

Item 11248

Child's rocking chair, Portland, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Old York Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Portland; Westbrook Media: Birch or maple

Item 11343

Child's violin, Boon Island, York, 1834

Contributed by: Old York Historical Society Date: 1834 Location: York; North Berwick Media: Pine with bone

Item 11349

Hepplewhite Federal chest of drawers, York, ca. 1810

Contributed by: Old York Historical Society Date: circa 1810 Location: York Media: Mahogany with satinwood veneer, poplar, birch and

Item 11497

Wood Molding Plane, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1850 Location: Littleton Media: Wood, iron

Item 25414

Freelan Oscar Stanley Violin, 1878

Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: 1878 Location: Kingfield Media: Spruce and maple

Item 33716

John MacGregor, Lincoln, 1898

Contributed by: Lincoln Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Lincoln Media: Photographic print

Item 13493

Fryeburg Lumber Box Mill, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Fryeburg Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: Fryeburg Media: Photographic print

Item 16884

John, Esther and William Weeks, Portland, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Portland Media: Daguerreotype

Item 67281

Apple Box, Strong, ca. 1957

Contributed by: Strong Historical Society Date: circa 1957 Location: Strong Media: Wood

Item 67308

Match/Toothpick canister, Strong Wood Turning Corp., Strong, cr. 1955

Contributed by: Mr. & Mrs. Robert Pike through Strong Historical Society Date: circa 1955 Location: Strong Media: Lacquered wood

Item 67309

Decorative imitation apple, Strong Wood Turning Corp., Strong, ca. 1955

Contributed by: Mr. & Mrs. Robert Pike through Strong Historical Society Date: circa 1955 Location: Strong Media: Lacquered wood

Item 80296

Letter to Wilmot Greenleaf from John McDougall, 1850

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1850-06-29 Location: Boothbay; Westport Island Media: Ink on paper

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Item 33823

Transporting spool bars, Lincoln, 1916

Contributed by: Lincoln Historical Society Date: 1916-03-25 Location: Lincoln Media: Photographic print