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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 6153
Clipper Grecian in the Dutch East Indies, ca. 1854
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1854 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Oil on canvas
Item 11908
The Deck of the Steamer Ripogenus, ca. 1917
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1917 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 165
Signal flags, Portland Observatory, ca. 1810
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1810 Location: Portland Media: Art on paper
Item 105868
Postal worker appreciation, Portland, 2020
Courtesy of an individual partner Date: 2020-04-20 Location: Portland Media: Digital image
Item 27829
Schooner Edna Hoyt, Thomaston, ca. 1921
Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1921 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print
Item 61117
Roves, Popham Colony, ca. 1607
Contributed by: Maine State Museum Date: circa 1607 Location: Phippsburg; Phippsburg Media: Iron
Item 6150
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1883 Location: Yarmouth Media: Oil on canvas
Item 82216
J. C. Robicheaw & Sons seat delivery, Westbrook, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Walker Memorial Library Date: circa 1940 Location: Westbrook Media: Photographic print
Item 31360
Captain Lyman W. Lyons, Hallowell, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1890 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print
Item 43222
Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Bangor Media: Glass Negative
Item 5586
Portrait of Lemuel Moody, 1826
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1826 Location: Portland Media: Oil on canvas
Item 11614
John Davison letter from Pattersonville, December 25, 1847
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1847-12-25 Location: Augusta; Pattersonville; Augusta; Pattersonville Media: Ink on paper
Item 11605
John Davison letter from Puerto Rico, 1844
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1844-02-01 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper
Item 11607
John Davison letter from Veracruz, Mexico, February 17, 1846
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1846-02-17 Location: Augusta; Veracruz Media: Ink on paper
Item 11612
John Davison letter from Savannah, Georgia, June 15, 1847
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1847-06-15 Location: Augusta; Savannah Media: Ink on paper
Item 11613
John Davison letter from Boston, September 22, 1847
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1847-09-22 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper
Item 11615
John Davison letter from Demarara, Guyana, 1848
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1848-02-29 Location: Augusta; Demarara Media: Ink on paper
Item 28066
Croswell Stencil, Farmington, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Farmington Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Farmington Media: Cut sheet metal
Item 58340
Shingle, Portland Observatory, ca. 1905
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Portland Media: Wood, paint
Item 11610
Letter from John Davison from New Orleans, May 12, 1847
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1847-05-12 Location: Augusta; New Orleans Media: Ink on paper
Item 92244
Schooners loading ice at West Boothbay Harbor ice wharf, 1907
Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: 1907-02-22 Location: Boothbay Harbor Media: Photographic print
Item 92243
Schooners at West Boothbay Harbor ice wharf, 1907
Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: 1907-02-22 Location: West Boothbay Harbor Media: Photographic print
Item 21405
Heather Bell in Rockport, 1895
Contributed by: Camden Public Library Date: 1895 Location: Rockport Media: Photographic print
Item 6156
Signals at Portland Observatory, 1807
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1807 Location: Portland; Cape Elizabeth Media: watercolor on paper
