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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 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 99431

K.B. Sewall on return to Mobile, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Mobile; New York Media: Pencil on paper

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Item 100331

Eunice Sewall on wartime shortages, Chocktaw County, Alabama, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864-02-23 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 12979

Lilian Washburn, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: circa 1900 Location: Livermore Media: Photographic print

Item 102141

Rufus King on a Biddeford farm for sale, Newburyport, 1782

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1782-10-23 Location: Biddeford; Newburyport; Dunstable; Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 101547

Lawrence Colby ferrying visitors, Westport Island, ca. 1918

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

Item 104893

Sarah Tibbetts to John Tibbetts with family news, Westport Island, 1894

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1894 Location: Westport Island; Boothbay; Cambridge Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100330

Eunice Sewall on food supplies, war, Choctaw County, Alabama, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864-01-30 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 30882

Julia, and the Illuminated Baron, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1800

Contributed by: Abplanalp Library, UNE Date: 1800 Location: York Media: Ink on paper

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 10962

Alonzo Coburn, Skowhegan, 1875

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1875 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print

Item 99428

K.B. Sewall on war, inability to travel, Mobile, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Mobile; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 148938

Engineer Michael Johnson helping child aboard the "Sunbeam V," Matinicus Isle, 2003

Contributed by: Maine Seacoast Mission Date: 2003 Location: Matinicus Isle Media: Photographic print

Item 99392

Kiah Sewall account of escape from Mobile, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1864 Location: Mobile Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9276

Letter, John Sheahan to his family in Dennysville, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-12-26 Location: Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 34140

John French letter to his family, July 1861

Contributed by: Fifth Maine Regiment Museum Date: 1861-07-25 Location: Albion Media: Ink on paper

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Item 17870

Old Stone House, Water Street, Brunswick, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1920 Location: Brunswick Media: Photograph, print

Item 73

Chadwick brothers, Portland, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 17861

Daniel Stone house, Brunswick, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1810 Location: Brunswick Media: Photograph, print

Item 48486

Thomas Smith family christening dress, Portland, ca. 1737

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1737 Location: Portland Media: Linen, lace

Item 63410

William Haley letter to son in Sebago, 1864

Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1864-08-25 Location: Augusta; Sebago Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100301

Letter from J.W. Jones to Robert Tate, West Indies, 1803

Contributed by: Tate House Museum Date: 1803-03-09 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 68442

Family writes to Charles Cole in Washington, D.C., Sebago, 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 35011

John and Sarah Williams Young, Hallowell, ca. 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1864 Location: Hallowell Media: Ambrotype