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These results include photographs, documents, letters, paintings, artifacts, and many other kinds of Maine related items from collections around the state and elsewhere.


Item 9602

Katahdin, as seen from Chamberlain Lake, 1839

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1841 Media: Transparency

Item 9383

Robert Pagan to Ward Chipman, May 14, 1798

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1798-05-14 Location: Calais; St. Andrews Media: Ink on paper
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Item 24971

Schooner Bowdoin departing Wiscasset, 1926

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1926-06-19 Location: Wiscasset Media: Glass Negative

Item 28997

Dennis Cole posing with equipment, Labrador, 1891

Contributed by: Farnsworth Art Museum through Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1891 Media: Photographic print

Item 28998

Grand Falls Expedition party, Labrador, 1891

Contributed by: Farnsworth Art Museum through Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1891 Media: Photographic print

Item 29003

Grand River party leaving the 'Julia A. Decker,' Labrador, 1891

Contributed by: Farnsworth Art Museum through Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1891 Media: Photographic print

Item 103812

General Adolphus Greely and daughter, Wiscasset, 1923

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1923-06-22 Location: Wiscasset Media: Glass Negative

Item 76039

Recommendation of William S. Cochran, Bangor, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: New Orleans; Augusta; Bangor Media: Ink on paper

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Item 108698

Otter Cliff House at Five Islands, Georgetown, 1913

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: 1913 Location: Georgetown Media: Glass Plate Negative

Item 54699

Donald MacMillan in rigging of 'Bowdoin,' 1947

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1947-07-10 Location: Cape Mugford Media: Photographic print

Item 23745

In the dory, Wiscasset, 1926

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1926-06-29 Location: Wiscasset Media: Glass Negative

Item 23751

Miss Marion Smith, Wiscasset, 1926

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1926-06-19 Location: Wiscasset Media: Glass Negative

Item 28986

Ernest B. Young and classmate in sealskin clothes, Brunswick, 1891

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1891 Location: Brunswick Media: Paper, Photograph

Item 23747

Mary Metcalf, Marion Smith, and Maude Fisher, Wiscasset, 1926

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1926-06-19 Location: Wiscasset Media: Glass Negative

Item 23754

Photographers aboard the Bowdoin, Wiscasset, 1926

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1926-06-19 Location: Wiscasset Media: Glass Negative

Item 7489

Nova Anglia, Novum Belgium et Virginia, ca. 1642

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1642 Media: Map, ink on paper

Item 7491

Amerique Septentrionale, 1650

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1650 Media: Map, ink on paper

Item 7492

Novi Belgii: Novaeque Angliae Nec Non partis Virginiae, ca. 1655

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1655 Media: Map, ink on paper

Item 100480

Champlain Society Camp Asticou Log, Northeast Harbor, 1883

Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: 1883 Location: Northeast Harbor Media: Bound book, ink on paper

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Item 18714

Charles Turner account of climbing Katahdin, 1804

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1804 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 101781

Champlain Society "Sunshine" yacht log, Northeast Harbor, 1881

Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: 1881 Location: Mount Desert Media: Ink on paper

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Item 40466

Maine Centennial parade, Fort St. George float, Portland, 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1920-07-05 Location: Portland; Phippsburg Media: Glass Negative

Item 6843

A map of the boundary line explored in 1817

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1817 Media: Ink on paper

Item 33847

Champlain's map of Saco Bay and the Saco River, 1605

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1605 Location: Biddeford; Saco Media: Photographic print

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