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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 18066

Switchboard Operators, 1883

Contributed by: Telephone Museum Date: 1883 Location: Ellsworth; Lewiston Media: Photographic print

Item 23063

Maine Street, Brunswick, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1870 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Item 23301

Lineman, Katahdin Avenue, Millinocket, ca. 1926

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1926 Location: Millinocket Media: Photographic print

Item 24017

Staff of Biddeford Telephone Exchange, ca. 1900

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1900 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 27139

Somerset Telephone Company Telephone Directory, 1969

Contributed by: New Portland Historical Society Date: 1969 Location: New Portland; New Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 35447

Loading telephone poles, Masardis, ca. 1895

Contributed by: D'Anne Baillargeon through Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library Date: circa 1895 Location: Masardis Media: Glass Negative

Item 55121

Miriam MacMillan recording on 'Bowdoin,' 1947

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

Item 66194

Telephone building, Bangor, ca. 1935

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

Item 79566

Minesweeper Construction at Gamage Shipyard, South Bristol, ca. 1942

Contributed by: South Bristol Historical Society Date: circa 1942 Location: South Bristol Media: Photographic print

Item 79912

Le Messager Newspaper Staff, 175 Lincoln Street, Lewiston, 1908

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 1908 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print

Item 97581

Pvt. John Sheahan letter on picket duty, Virginia, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102431

District-Wireless Station, Cushing Island, Maine, ca. 1914

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1914 Location: Cushing Island Media: Photographic print

Item 109063

View of Lincolnville Center, Lincolnville, ca. 1915

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

Item 148458

Civil Air Patrol commander Guy P. Gannett, ca. 1942

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1942 Media: Photographic print

Item 27088

Post Office Boxes, Islesboro, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Islesboro Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Islesboro Media: Wood, glass, metal

Item 19195

Fabbri Cottage, Bar Harbor, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1900 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Postcard

Item 5755

Result of fire, Belfast, 1885

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1885-07-12 Location: Belfast Media: Stereograph

Item 18058

Switchboard operators, 1939

Contributed by: Telephone Museum Date: 1939-04-13 Location: Lewiston; Ellsworth Media: Photographic print

Item 27059

Dark Harbor Post Office, Islesboro, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Islesboro Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Islesboro 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 101080

Kimball Block, Bethel, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Bethel Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Bethel Media: Photographic print

Item 74832

Pony insulator, 1933

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1933 Media: Glass

Item 80985

Martha Osgood account of spiritualist, Bar Mills, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Bar Mills; New Orleans Media: Ink on paper

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Item 27169

Lightning Strike, Baptist Church Steeple, Thomaston 1992

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: 1992-06-14 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print