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Contributor: Maine Historical Society

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 152238

Unidentified couple holding pamphlet, ca. 1852

Contributed by: Private Collection through Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1852 Media: Daguerreotype

Item 152239

Lithograph depicting the murder of "Helen" Jewett, New York, 1836

Contributed by: American Antiquarian Society through Maine Historical Society Date: 1836 Location: Portland; Boston Media: Lithograph

Item 152240

10,000 Dollars Reward broadside, Portland, 1818

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1818 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 152241

Stop Thief!, Bridgton, ca. 1896

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1896 Location: Bridgton Media: Ink on paper

Item 152242

Melancholy Shipwreck, Cape Elizabeth, 1807

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1807 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Ink on paper

Item 152247

Advertisement for a Special Edition of "Rhodes’ Journal" on the Dexter Bank Robbery, 1878

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1878 Location: Dexter Media: Ink on paper

Item 152248

Letter from the "Whig and Courier" editor to Mrs. Barron, Bangor, 1879

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1879-02-04 Location: Bangor Media: Ink on paper
This record contains 2 images.

Item 152249

Letter from merchant W.D. Eaton to Mrs. Barron, Boston, 1879

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1879-02-08 Location: Boston Media: Ink on paper

Item 152250

Letter from E.H. Goss to Mrs. J.W. Barron, Melrose, 1890

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1890-04-13 Location: Melrose Media: Ink on paper
This record contains 2 images.

Item 152251

Missing person notice for Dr. Lorenzo Norton, East Baldwin, 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1920 Location: East Baldwin Media: Ink on paper

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Item 152252

Dr. Lorenzo Norton's eye glasses, East Baldwin, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: East Baldwin Media: Glass; leather; gold
This record contains 3 images.

Item 152253

Dr. Lorenzo Norton's medical kit, East Baldwin, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: East Baldwin Media: Leather; paper; metal; cork
This record contains 7 images.

Item 152256

"Horrid Murder!" broadside, Augusta, 1806

Contributed by: American Antiquarian Society through Maine Historical Society Date: 1806 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper

Item 152257

"Horrid Massacre" pamphlet, Augusta, 1806

Contributed by: American Antiquarian Society through Maine Historical Society Date: 1806 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper

Item 152258

"Horrid Murder" pamphlet, Boston, 1818

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1818 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper

Item 152267

Design for the Maine State Prison, Thomaston, 1858

Contributed by: American Antiquarian Society through Maine Historical Society Date: 1858 Location: Thomaston Media: Ink on paper

Item 152268

Isles of Shoals map, 1889

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

Item 152273

Albert Beliveau's Judicial Robe, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Media: Silk; nylon
This record contains 9 images.

Item 152274

Carroll/Dwyer murder trial scrapbook, Volume 1, 1938

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1938 Location: South Paris Media: Ink on paper
This record contains 1279 images.

Item 152277

Thorne murder sketch by Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow, Harpswell, ca. 1882

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1882 Location: Harpswell Media: Graphite on paper

Item 152279

Wabanaki basket made at Maine State Prison, Thomaston, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Thomaston Media: Wood; ash; fabric
This record contains 4 images.

Item 152379

Carroll/Dwyer murder trial scrapbook, Volume 2, 1938

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1938 Location: South Paris Media: Ink on paper
This record contains 1266 images.

Item 153699

John Marshall Brown, Portland, ca. 1855

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1855 Location: Portland Media: Albumen print

Item 153700

Captain John Marshall Brown in uniform, ca. 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Location: Portland Media: Cartes-de-visite