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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Item 20970

John Dillingham letter about sailing schedule, 1846

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1846 Location: Freeport Media: Ink on paper

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Item 22217

John Dillingham letter from Palermo, Italy, 1846

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1846 Location: Palermo; Freeport Media: Ink on paper

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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

Dredger, Saco River, ca. 1915

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

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Item 102291

Cape Porpoise pier, ca. 1900

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