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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 20367

Pig in a pen, Pettengill Farm, Freeport, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Freeport Media: Photographic print

Item 149540

Harrison Tweed Sheldon photograph album, Moosehead Lake, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Media: Photographic print
This record contains 41 images.

Item 19240

Woodbury S. Purinton on capture of John M. Dillingham, 1863

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Freeport; East Harpswell; Charleston; Philadelphia Media: Paper

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Item 19270

Civil War pension for Margaret D. Dillingham, March 9, 1872

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1872 Location: Portland; Freeport Media: Paper

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Item 36074

Josiah Pierce to Phebe Sanborn, 1873

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1873 Location: Le Havre; Baldwin Media: Ink on paper

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Item 68019

Cole family to son, Sebago, 1862

Contributed by: John Micavich through Sebago Historical Society Date: 1862-09-28 Location: Sebago; Cape Elizabeth Media: Ink on paper

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Item 98618

Andrew H. Nickerson letter, Swanville, 1862

Contributed by: Belfast Historical Society Date: 1862-09-22 Location: Swanville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 36075

Pierce homestead deed, Baldwin, ca. 1874

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1874-05-23 Location: Baldwin Media: Ink on paper

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Item 35994

Anne Longfellow Pierce, Portland, ca. 1896

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1896 Location: Portland Media: Cyanotype

Item 61851

Theo Buswell May talks about farm life, Swan's Island, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Swan's Island Media: Mp3

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Item 16714

Walter Hustus letter to family, 1942

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1942-10-14 Location: South Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9300

Letter from Luther Lawrence to his brother, May 25, 1862

Contributed by: North Yarmouth Historical Society Date: 1862-05-25 Location: Richmond Media: Paper

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Item 102297

William Cobb receives his gas mask, France, 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1917-12-23 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 97582

Pvt. John P. Sheahan on hopes for peace, victory, Virginia, 1863

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

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Item 28364

Harriot Pierce to G.W. Pierce, Baldwin, 1823

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1823 Location: Brunswick; Baldwin Media: Ink on paper

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Item 16724

Sgt. Walter Hustus letter to family, 1943

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1943 Location: South Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 17027

Walter Hustus letter to family, 1944

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1944 Location: South Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 5714

Abner Small letter to mother and sister, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865-01-24 Location: Danville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 72558

Pvt. Charles Cole to family, Arlington, Va., 1862

Contributed by: John Micavich through Sebago Historical Society Date: 1862-11-29 Location: Arlington Heights; Washington; Sebago Media: Ink on paper

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Item 35995

Longfellow House kitchen, Portland, 1896

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1896 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 68442

Family writes to Charles Cole in Washington, DC Oct 1862

Contributed by: John Micavich through Sebago Historical Society Date: 1862-10-26 Location: Sebago; Washington; Gaines Woods Media: Ink on paper

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Item 28592

Katie D. Davenport, Bath, ca. 1882

Contributed by: Maine Maritime Museum Date: circa 1882 Location: Bath Media: Photographic print

Item 102400

Hazel True feeding the hens, New Portland, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Stanley Museum on deposit at Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: New Portland Media: Lantern slide, hand colored

Item 104849

Two sailboats in Casco Bay, Portland, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1935 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative