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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 81173

Letter on Melcher election as mayor, Portland, 1889

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1889 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 28285

G.W. Pierce on Washington politics, 1828

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1828 Location: Washington; Gorham Media: Ink on paper

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Item 21022

Hannibal Hamlin letter seeking election advice, 1848

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1848 Location: Gorham Media: Ink on paper

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Item 70819

Letter urging Shepley run for Congress, Portland, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-05-15 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 25853

Margaret Chase Smith, Newberry's Department Store, New Hampshire, 1964

Contributed by: Margaret Chase Smith Library Date: 1964-02-24 Media: Photographic print

Item 25858

Presidential Campaign Announcement Speech, Washington, 1964

Contributed by: Margaret Chase Smith Library Date: 1964-01-27 Location: Washington Media: Ink on paper

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Item 101225

Republican Wigwam, Bangor, 1872

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Date: 1872 Location: Bangor Media: Ink and watercolor on paper

Item 11471

Letter to Samuel Cook about an upcoming election, Aug. 30, 1828

Contributed by: Cary Library Date: 1828-08-30 Location: Calais; Houlton Media: Ink on paper

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Item 1495

William Preble's controversial interpretation of a vote on separation from Massachusetts, 1816

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1816 Location: Brunswick Media: Paper

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Item 77454

Request for G.F. Shepley speech in Lewiston, 1868

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1868 Location: Lewiston; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 101198

Senator James Doolittle, Bangor, 1866

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Date: 1866 Location: Bangor Media: Ink and watercolor on paper

Item 9564

President Taft campaigning, Sanford, 1912

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: 1912-10-23 Location: Sanford Media: Photographic print

Item 25859

Margaret Chase Smith, Manchester, New Hampshire, 1964

Contributed by: Margaret Chase Smith Library Date: 1964 Location: Manchester Media: Photographic print

Item 10958

Republican convention, 1980

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1980-04-01 Media: Photographic print

Item 9540

Welcome banner for Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1964-09-28 Location: Portland Media: Photoprint

Item 21256

John Ruggles letter concerning U.S. Senate, 1834

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1834 Location: Gorham Media: Ink on paper

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Item 7289

Governor Burton M. Cross, 1952

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1952 Media: Postcard

Item 21220

Charles N. Cogswell to Josiah Pierce, 1833

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1833 Location: South Berwick Media: Ink on paper

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Item 25851

Margaret Chase Smith, Chicago, 1964

Contributed by: Margaret Chase Smith Library Date: 1964-04-11 Location: Chicago Media: Photographic print

Item 6678

Gov. Garcelon and Legislature, Augusta, 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1880 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper

Item 100618

Israel Washburn on President Lincoln and politics, Boston, 1861

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1861-02-09 Location: Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 21020

Hannibal Hamlin letter to Josiah Pierce, 1845

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1845 Location: Gorham Media: Ink on paper

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Item 15723

Letter from William P. Fessenden to John Lynch, 1869

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1869 Location: Washington; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9886

Franklin D. Roosevelt letter to Llewellyn Barton, 1932

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1932-10-18 Location: Albany; South Portland Media: Ink on paper