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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 12578
Anti-Slavery Society of Waterville College petition, 1833
Contributed by: Colby College Special Collections Date: 1833-09-23 Location: Waterville Media: Ink on paper
Item 26535
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1804-11-10 Location: Kittery Media: Watercolor on paper
Item 34291
Civil War Memorial, Bangor, ca. 1875
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1875 Location: Bangor Media: Stereograph
Item 71804
Colby College, Waterville, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Waterville Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 82300
Samuel Clark Sanford, Great Cranberry Island, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Cranberry Isles Media: Photographic print
Item 98763
Garde d’Honneur, Association St. Dominique, Lewiston, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Beatrice Gendron Guimond through Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: circa 1920 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print
Item 102217
Silk dress with lace and tassel details, Bangor, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1920
Location: Bangor
Media: Silk, lace, rayon
This record contains 13 images.
Item 102651
Courtesy of Jan Pieter Van Voorst Van Beest, an individual partner Date: 2017 Location: Portland Media: Digital photograph
Item 105113
Babe Ruth signing autographs, Portland, 1926
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1926 Location: Portland Media: Glass Plate Negative
Item 105708
Evening gown with sequined bodice, ca. 1935
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1935
Media: cotton, viscose, plastic, glass beads, rayon, metal
This record contains 9 images.
Item 105727
Nylon dress with red accents, ca. 1955
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1955
Media: nylon, leather, plastic
This record contains 10 images.
Item 105760
Bejeweled metallic lurex dress, Scarborough, ca. 1975
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1975
Location: Scarborough
Media: metallic thread, cotton, acrylic, plastic
This record contains 12 images.
Item 111407
Detachable train wedding dress, Bennington, Vermont, ca. 1969
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1969 Location: Bennington Media: cotton, polyester
Item 111510
Two piece ensemble with trim, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Media: silk, cotton
Item 150032
Silhouette of Peleg and Elizabeth Wadsworth, ca. 1805
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1805 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 11549
Two dresses, one worn by Mary B. Hunt, ca. 1865
Contributed by: Brick Store Museum Date: circa 1860 Location: Sudbury Media: Cotton, silk, velvet
Item 23199
Rev. Dr. Edward Ballard, Brunswick, ca. 1860
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1860 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print
Item 31137
Moses J. Haines, Biddeford, 1862
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1862 Location: Biddeford; Saco; Portland Media: Photograph, ink on paper
Item 59811
Skowhegan, Norridgewock, & Madison electric railway lines, ca. 1928
Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: circa 1928 Location: Norridgewock; Skowhegan Media: Ink on paper
Item 97334
E. Josephine Holgate bookplate, 1923
Contributed by: Cary Memorial Library in Wayne Date: 1923 Location: Wayne Media: Ink on paper
Item 102126
Wedding Cake House, Kennebunk, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Thomas S. Bourne through Brick Store Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Kennebunk Media: Photographic print
Item 103903
Frances Grayson weighing in for her transatlantic flight, Old Orchard Beach, 1927
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1927-10-27 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Glass Negative
Item 105894
View of Monhegan and the steamer "May Archer," ca. 1915
Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1915 Location: Monhegan Media: Glass Plate Negative
Item 109069
Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Winterport Media: Glass Plate Negative