Search Results

Keywords: maritime industry

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 103918

Percy Graffam holds pool balls in one hand, Portland, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1927-05-21 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 6288

Cabin of the Beatrice, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Media: Photographic print

Item 20559

Ship Lydia Skolfield, ca. 1865

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1865 Location: Harpswell; Bath Media: Photographic print

Item 61871

Four men line fishing from a dory, Swan's Island, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Item 66209

Shield from Battleship "Maine" Bangor, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1935 Location: Bangor Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 100680

Samuel Washburn on Civil War commissions, New York, 1862

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1862-01-17 Media: Ink on paper

  view a full transcription

Item 105894

View of Monhegan and the steamer "May Archer," ca. 1915

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1915 Location: Monhegan Media: Glass Plate Negative

Item 108608

Sagadahoc ferry, Woolwich, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Woolwich Media: Glass Plate Negative

Item 108611

Railroad station and ferry landing, Woolwich, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Woolwich Media: Glass Plate Negative

Item 17876

Fishing in the Old Days, Swan's Island Harbor, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Item 9287

Crew wages from the Schooner Susan, 1802

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1802-04-16 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

  view a full transcription

Item 31659

The Cappy at Higgins Beach, Scarborough, 1951

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: 1951-07-23 Location: Scarborough Media: Photographic print

Item 98687

Passenger Steamer Islander II leaving Boothbay Harbor, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Boothbay Harbor; East Boothbay; Bath; Augusta Media: Glass Negative

Item 23071

West Branch 1, Ambajejus, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Ambajejus Boom House Museum Date: circa 1930 Location: T1 R9 WELS Media: Photographic print

Item 19264

Letter written by Capt. John G. Dillingham to his wife Margaret, November 21, 1861

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Freeport; Hamburg Media: Paper

  view a full transcription

Item 19266

John G. Dillingham letter to his wife, October 20, 1861

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Freeport; Queenstown; Cork; Cape Horn; Antwerp Media: Paper

  view a full transcription

Item 21037

Portland Harbor, 1895

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1895 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 34556

Lumber along waterfront, Bangor, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Item 61845

Fish factory worker, Marion Stinson, Swan's Island, ca. 1990

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1990 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Item 67579

Fire Department, Swan's Island, ca. 1972

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1972 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Item 178

Portland Harbor ship list, 1828

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1828-11-30 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

  view a full transcription

Item 6156

Signals at Portland Observatory, 1807

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1807 Location: Portland; Cape Elizabeth Media: watercolor on paper

Item 6157

Signals at the Portland Observatory, ca. 1807

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1807 Location: Portland Media: Watercolor on paper

Item 9611

Ship's receipt, Antwerp, 1860

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1860-04-03 Location: Antwerp Media: Ink on paper

  view a full transcription