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LC Subject Heading: Explorers

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 13640

Slide projector, Bucksport, ca. 1908

Contributed by: Bucksport Historical Society Date: circa 1908 Location: Bucksport Media: Metal and wood

Mystery Corner Item

Item 23742

MacMillan Expedition ceremony, Wiscasset , 1926

Mystery Corner Item Can you identify these men?

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1926-06-19 Location: Wiscasset Media: Glass Negative

Item 23994

Fernald's Point, Southwest Harbor, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: 1613 Location: Southwest Harbor Media: Postcard

Item 25027

Donald B. MacMillan, 1924

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

Item 40454

Maine Centennial parade, Dawn of Discovery float, Portland, 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1920-07-05 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 54914

Fox pelts in rigging of 'Bowdoin,' Baffin Island, 1922

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1922 Location: Bowdoin Harbor Media: Photographic print

Item 54915

The schooner 'Bowdoin' at sea, 1934

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1934 Media: Photographic print

Item 54916

Inuit woman and children on 'Bowdoin,' northwest Greenland, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: circa 1950 Media: Transparency

Item 54927

Inuit aboard schooner 'Bowdoin,' West Greenland, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: circa 1940 Media: Photo negative

Item 55114

West Greenland women aboard the 'Bowdoin,' 1926

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1926 Media: Photo negative

Item 55115

Schooner 'Bowdoin' navigating Strait of Belle Isle, 1947

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1947-08-08 Location: Strait of Belle Isle Media: Photo negative

Item 55117

Birthday celebration aboard 'Bowdoin,' 1947

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1947 Media: Photo negative

Item 55118

Miriam MacMillan at the wheel, Northwest Greenland, 1948

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1948 Media: Photo negative

Item 76881

'Bowdoin' and S.S. 'Peary' departing from Wiscasset, 1925

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1925 Location: Wiscasset Media: Photographic print

Item 76882

Schooner 'Bowdoin' melting out, Refuge Harbor, Greenland, 1924

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1924 Media: Photographic print

Item 76976

Inuit man aboard 'Bowdoin,' 1947

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1947 Location: Thule Media: Transparency

Item 12592

Capt. MacMillan, Schooner Bowdoin, 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1925 Location: Wiscasset Media: Glass Negative

Item 12593

Capt. MacMillan's departure, Wiscasset, 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1925 Location: Wiscasset Media: Glass Negative

Item 18401

Replica of Jacques Cartier ship, 1897

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 1897-06-24 Media: Photographic print

Item 13641

George Wardwell snowshoes, Bucksport, ca. 1909

Contributed by: Bucksport Historical Society Date: circa 1909 Location: Bucksport Media: Wood, leather

Item 23743

Sachem III leaving Wiscasset, June 19, 1926

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1926-06-19 Location: Wiscasset Media: Glass Negative

Item 54900

MacMillan with puppy on 'Bowdoin,' 1939

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1939 Media: Photographic print

Item 9602

Katahdin, as seen from Chamberlain Lake, 1839

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1841 Media: Transparency

Item 18410

St-Jean-Baptiste float, Lewiston, 1959

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 1959 Location: Lewiston; Auburn Media: Photographic print