LC Subject Heading: Firsts
- Historical Items (167)
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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 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
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
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