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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 9612
Receipt from Rising Sun, Doel, Belgium, 1860
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1860 Location: Doel Media: Ink on paper
Item 11603
Letter from John Davison to Eliza Ann Davison, New York, January 8, 1844
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1844-01-08 Location: New York; Augusta Media: Ink on paper
Item 11609
John Davison to wife from Veracruz, Mexico, March 28, 1847
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1847-03-28 Location: Augusta; Veracruz Media: Ink on paper
Item 17324
Model of the Portland Observatory, ca. 1905
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Portland Media: Painted wood
Item 18953
Ezra Haskell, Portland, ca. 1850
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Portland Media: Oil on canvas
Item 20959
John Dillingham letter about Guadeloupe earthquake, 1843
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1843 Location: Pointe-a-Pitre; Freeport Media: Ink on paper
Item 20964
Capt. John Dillingham letter from Port au Prince, Haiti, 1845
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1845 Location: Port au Prince; Freeport Media: Ink on paper
Item 20970
John Dillingham letter about sailing schedule, 1846
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1846 Location: Freeport Media: Ink on paper
Item 22217
John Dillingham letter from Palermo, Italy, 1846
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1846 Location: Palermo; Freeport Media: Ink on paper
Item 27178
Thomaston Harbor from St. George Road, Thomaston, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print
Item 27758
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1915 Location: Biddeford; Saco Media: Photographic print
Item 27760
Coal docks, Factory Island, Biddeford, ca. 1912
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1912 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 27764
Schooner 'William Booth' on Saco River, ca. 1905
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1905 Location: Biddeford ; Mystic Media: Photographic print
Item 29033
Children playing on Fish Beach, Monhegan, ca. 1898
Contributed by: Maine State Museum Date: circa 1898 Location: Monhegan Media: Glass Negative
Item 31057
Fishing Party Poster, Scarborough, ca. 1945
Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1945 Location: Scarborough Media: Ink on paper
Item 33694
Tug "Joseph W. Baker" towing schooner up Saco River, ca. 1910
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Biddeford; Saco Media: Glass Negative
Item 33739
Three-masted vessel being towed down Saco River by tug "Joseph W. Baker," ca. 1910
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Biddeford; Saco Media: Photographic print
Item 34592
Schooner being towed up the Saco River, ca. 1910
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Biddeford; Saco Media: Photographic print
Item 92244
Schooners loading ice at West Boothbay Harbor ice wharf, 1907
Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: 1907-02-22 Location: Boothbay Harbor Media: Photographic print
Item 101276
William Whipple on Revolutionary War and economy, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1776
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-09-02 Location: Portsmouth; Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper
Item 102291
Contributed by: Brick Store Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Cape Porpoise Media: Glass Negative
Item 102843
Future location of the Cumberland Shipyard, South Portland, 1917
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1917-06-01 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 102858
Construction of the hull for the S.S. 'Cumberland,' South Portland, 1918
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1918-02-28 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 102859
Construction of the S.S. "Cumberland," South Portland, 1918
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1918 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print