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Keywords: Island life

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 101002

Rock Hill Inn, Westport Island, ca. 1908

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: circa 1908 Location: Westport Island; Sheepscot Media: Photographic print

Item 25216

J.M. Brown from Folly Island, S.C., 1863

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

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Item 9477

Summer masquerade, Squirrel Island, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: circa 1920 Location: Southport Media: Photographic print

Item 9458

Cruising in Boothbay Harbor, 1912

Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: 1912 Location: Boothbay Harbor Media: Photographic print

Item 31674

Island in Saco River, 1890

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1890 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 63407

Connie Duran, the acrobat, Cousins Island, ca. 1920

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

Item 98689

Fisherman Ernest L. Smith with codfish, Monhegan, 1910

Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: 1910 Location: Boothbay Harbor; Capitol Island; Monhegan Island; Millbury Media: Glass Negative

Item 66295

Fletcher's Neck Life Saving Station, Biddeford, ca. 1935

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

Item 25214

J.M. Brown from Morris Island, S.C., 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Morris Island; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 80263

Letter to Sarah Tarbox from home, 1841

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1841 Location: Richmond; Westport Island Media: Ink on paper

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Item 81685

Champlain Society, Mount Desert Island, 1881

Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: circa 1881 Location: Northeast Harbor Media: Photographic print

Item 79530

A family letter to Sarah Tarbox, 1838

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1838-08-05 Location: Westport Island; Topsham Media: Ink on paper

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Item 101783

Champlain Society Meetings and Records, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1886-1889

Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: 1886–1889 Location: Mount Desert; Boston; Cambridge Media: book, Ink on paper

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Item 78959

George B. Dorr, Mount Desert Island, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Mount Desert Island Media: Photographic print

Item 101545

Fishing at the pumping station, Woolwich, ca. 1918

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: circa 1918 Location: Westport Island; Woolwich Media: Photographic print

Item 28940

Exploring an Inuit grave on Eskimo Island, Labrador, 1891

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1891 Location: Eskimo Island Media: Paper, photograph

Item 25222

J.M. Brown Civil War letter, South Carolina, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Folly Island; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 148211

Diamond Cove, Portland, 1887

Contributed by: City of Portland - Planning & Development Date: 1887-08-20 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 101524

Verlie Colby, Westport, ca. 1909

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: circa 1909 Location: Westport Island Media: Photographic print

Item 84814

William Pitt Preble, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Cranberry Isles Media: Daguerreotype

Item 36602

Saco River wharves, Biddeford-Saco, ca. 1894

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1894 Location: Biddeford; Saco Media: Photographic print

Item 81690

Visitors at Champlain Society Camp, Mount Desert Island, 1880

Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: 1880 Location: Northeast Harbor Media: Photographic print

Item 34386

Fifth Maine Regiment Memorial Hall, Peaks Island, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Fifth Maine Regiment Museum Date: circa 1890 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 22920

Schooner, Saco, 1910

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1910 Location: Saco Media: Photographic print