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LC Subject Heading: Firsts

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 68977

Greene Civil Defense first aid team, Auburn, 1957

Contributed by: National Archives at Boston Date: 1957-05-26 Location: Auburn; Greene Media: Photographic print

Item 68978

Maine Civil Defense rescue demonstration, Hallowell, 1955

Contributed by: National Archives at Boston Date: circa 1955 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print

Item 102050

Signed portrait of Algernon Sydney Washburn, Hallowell, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: circa 1870 Location: Hallowell Media: cabinet photograph

Item 104968

Marie Bibeau Masta needle case, Portland, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Portland Media: sweetgrass, ash, silk

Item 104969

Marie Bibeau Masta thimble basket, Portland, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Portland Media: Ash, sweetgrass

Item 42398

Kate A. Farnham as 'Portrait of Marie de' Medici,' Portland, 1923

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1923-12-15 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 6117

Nixons and Guy P. Gannett, 1952

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1952 Location: Augusta; Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 6711

First Meeting House, Lovell, ca. 1939

Contributed by: Lovell Historical Society Date: circa 1939 Location: Lovell Media: Photographic print

Item 10206

Captain Fred C. Low, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: Gloucester Media: Photoprint

Item 10379

Chinese man, Portland, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Portland Media: Photoprint

Item 13360

First Free Baptist Church, Houlton, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1895 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 14306

Preble Chapel, Portland, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 14307

Preble Chapel, Portland, 1899

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1899 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 14636

First Congregational Church, City Hall, Brewer, ca. 1910

Contributed by: City of Brewer Date: circa 1910 Location: Brewer Media: Postcard

Item 14815

First Baptist Church, South Portland, ca. 1930

Contributed by: An individual through South Portland Public Library Date: circa 1930 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 16549

First National Bank, Portland, ca. 1920

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

Item 16687

Teams of Horses on Kimball Street, Sanford, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative

Item 17207

First Congregational Church Fire, 1942

Contributed by: Bar Harbor Fire Department Date: 1942-02-09 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Photographic print

Item 17583

Elizabeth Oakes Smith, ca. 1851

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1851 Media: Oil on canvas

Item 19343

Algernon Sidney Washburn, Hallowell, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: circa 1870 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print

Item 20228

Agnes Anderson, New Sweden, 1938

Contributed by: New Sweden Historical Society Date: circa 1938 Location: New Sweden Media: Photographic print

Item 21155

First Day of Calais Street Railway Operation, Calais, 1894

Contributed by: St. Croix Historical Society Date: 1894-07-04 Location: Calais Media: Photographic print

Item 21328

First car to cross Penobscot Bay on ice, 1917

Contributed by: Belfast Historical Society Date: 1917 Location: Belfast Media: Photographic print

Item 22072

Northeast Harbor's First Ambulance, 1937

Contributed by: Great Harbor Maritime Museum Date: 1937 Location: Mount Desert Media: Photographic print