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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 148208

Richmond-Dresden Toll Bridge flood damage, 1936

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1936 Location: Richmond; Dresden Media: glass plate negative

Item 148209

Richmond-Dresden toll bridge truss floating downstream, 1936

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1936 Location: Dresden; Richmond Media: glass plate negative

Item 6798

Copy of letter from Samuel Graves to Philip Stephens, 1775

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1775-10-09 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 103864

Captain Berlin on the S.S. Isaac T. Mann, Portland, 1924

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

Item 1343

Exchange Street after Great Fire of Portland, 1866

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1866-07-12 Location: Portland Media: Stereograph

Item 82325

Leonard Dam, Ellsworth, 1923

Contributed by: Ellsworth Public Library Date: 1923-04-29 Location: Ellsworth Media: Postcard

Item 82329

Hancock Street, Ellsworth, 1933

Contributed by: Ellsworth Public Library Date: 1933-05-08 Location: Ellsworth Media: Postcard

Item 20133

Notice of services for fire victims, Portland, 1866

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1866-07-04 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 80455

S.D. Warren Mill, Flood damage, Westbrook, 1896

Contributed by: Walker Memorial Library Date: 1896 Location: Westbrook Media: Photographic print

Item 101441

Order to stop selling insurance, Bangor, 1872

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Date: 1872-11-12 Location: Bangor; Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 1342

Exchange Street, Portland, after fire, 1866

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1866-07-12 Location: Portland Media: Stereograph

Item 34351

Ice Storm, Emergency workers, Hallowell, 1998

Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: 1998 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print

Item 17057

Train Wreck at Grindstone, 1911

Contributed by: Presque Isle Historical Society Date: circa 1911 Location: Grindstone Media: Photographic print

Item 103863

Captain Berlin on the S.S. Isaac T. Mann, Portland, 1924

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

Item 29366

Shaw's Block ruins, Biddeford, 1872

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1872-05-28 Location: Biddeford Media: Stereograph

Item 103881

Captain Berlin on the ice covered S.S. Isaac T. Mann, Portland, 1924

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

Item 103176

Man rowing during a flood, 1936

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1936-03-20 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 103882

Captain John Berlin and crew member, Portland, 1924

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

Item 16373

Flooding of the Worumbo Mill, 1936

Contributed by: Lisbon Historical Society Date: 1936 Location: Lisbon Falls Media: Photographic print

Item 4171

Great fire of Portland, 1866

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1866-07-04 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 16374

Flooding of the Worumbo Mill, Lisbon Falls, 1936

Contributed by: Lisbon Historical Society Date: 1936 Location: Lisbon Falls Media: Photographic print

Item 109074

Sydney Webber house after cyclone, Searsport, 1921

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: 1921-05-22 Location: Searsport Media: Glass Plate Negative

Item 68360

John Marshall Brown on Portland fire, 1866

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1866-07-06 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 68362

J.M. Brown to Alida Carroll, July 1866

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1866-07-04 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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