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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 79580

Name plate for Gamage-built vessels, South Bristol, ca. 1970

Contributed by: South Bristol Historical Society Date: circa 1970 Location: South Bristol Media: Stainless steel, enamel

Item 79920

Charles Barnard to wife, New Orleans, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-06-02 Location: New Orleans Media: Ink on paper

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Item 80521

Corner Candy Store, Main Street, Bridgton, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Bridgton Historical Society Date: circa 1938 Location: Bridgton Media: Ink on paper, photograph

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Item 80785

Civil War Monument, Lubec, ca. 1907, ca. 1907

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1907 Location: Lubec Media: Postcard

Item 80989

Water Street building, Lubec, ca. 1955

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1955 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Item 81184

Princeton Fair Poster, Princeton, ca. 1911

Contributed by: Princeton Public Library Date: circa 1911 Location: Princeton Media: Poster

Item 81717

Brochure for the Grey Rock Inn, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Mount Desert Media: Ink on paper, photographs

Item 81994

Army Recruits, Lewiston City Hall, 1918

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 1918-10-02 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print

Item 82256

Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Portland, ca. 1900

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

Item 82431

Civilian Conservation Corps 50th Anniversary, Sugarloaf Mountain, 1987

Contributed by: Maine Conservation Corps Date: 1987-08-14 Location: Sugarloaf Media: Photographic print

Item 84625

President Lincoln funeral program, Portland, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 89950

Letter concerning brother's death, Portland, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 98788

Patch Display Board, 2013

Contributed by: Waldoboro Fire Department Date: 2013 Location: Waldoboro Media: Wood, textiles

Item 99372

Balsamic salve advertisement, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Leeds Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: Leeds Media: Printers ink on paper

Item 100165

"Rainy Day" vine fragment, Portland, ca. 1902

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1902 Location: Portland Media: Grapevine

Item 100287

Anshe Sfard Chevra Kadisha, Portland, 1890

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 101446

9 Bennett Street, Bridgton, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Bridgton Historical Society Date: circa 1938 Location: Bridgton Media: Ink on paper, photograph

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Item 102042

Saco and Pettee Machine Shops order acknowledgment, Biddeford, 1908

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1908-02-14 Location: Biddeford; Brunswick Media: Postcard

Item 102331

Military-scene postcard, Biddeford, ca. 1917

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1917 Location: Biddeford Media: Postcard

Item 102757

Society of Mayflower descendants seal, ca. 1867

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1897 Media: Wax

Item 102827

Bayside Park, Portland, 1913

Courtesy of Douglas Noble, an individual partner Date: 1913-05-08 Location: Portland Media: Postcard

Item 103288

Return party from Mt. Kineo, Houlton, 1894

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1894-08-02 Location: Houlton Media: Photograph

Item 103635

Silhouette of an unidentified woman, ca. 1855

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1855 Location: Bangor Media: Ambrotype

Item 103788

Leslie Hybets and David Spector in Thanksgiving play, Portland, 1936

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1936-11-24 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative