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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 81047

Rebecca Usher on receipt of goods, visit to Baltimore, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Chester; Baltimore; Annapolis; Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 82342

Dr. Richard Stevens Letter on CCC, 1985

Contributed by: Maine Conservation Corps Date: circa 1938 Location: Great Barrington; Portland; Camden; Bangor Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100535

David James to Moses Greenleaf on slate, New York, 1834

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1834 Location: Greenport Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100735

Female jockeys at trotting park, Maine, ca. 1898, ca. 1898

Contributed by: Maine Central Institute Date: circa 1898 Media: Postcard

Item 102775

Champlain Society Report of the Ichthyological Department, Cambridge, 1880

Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: 1880 Location: Mount Desert; Cambridge Media: Ink on paper

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Item 103938

Street scene during Kirby manhunt, Winthrop, 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1925-05-21 Location: Winthrop Media: Glass Negative

Item 104410

Planning for Troy town forest, ca. 1940

Courtesy of Neil Piper, an individual partner Date: 1940 Location: Troy Media: Photographic print

Item 149660

Belanger Inn, Caribou, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Acadian Archives Date: circa 1925 Location: Caribou Media: Photographic postcard

Item 149801

"Slayer Kelley" confers with counsel, Portland, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1927 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 98893

Lucretia Sewall on Portland economy, neighbors, 1837

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1839 Location: Portland; New York Media: Ink on paper

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Item 18116

Camp Winnebago's recording of Trip Song, 1964

Contributed by: Camp Winnebago Date: 1964 Location: Fayette Media: Phonograph record, Long-playing recod (33 rpm)

Item 20923

Sketch of Dartmoor Prison, 1815

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1815 Location: Princeton Media: Ink, watercolor on paper

Item 25181

Letter from Yuri Andropov to Samantha Smith, 1983

Contributed by: Maine State Museum Date: 1983 Location: Manchester Media: Ink on paper

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Item 26641

O'Brien Crocker Business Ad Card, Thomaston, ca. 1871

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1871 Location: Thomaston Media: Ink on paper

Item 28296

G.W. Pierce from St. Louis, 1829

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1829 Location: Saint Louis Media: Ink on paper

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Item 30940

Old Orchard Beach after fire, Old Orchard Beach, 1907

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1907 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Photographic print

Item 52800

Parker Cleaveland, Brunswick, ca. 1855

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1855 Location: Brunswick Media: Oil

Item 54660

Good Will Fire Truck, Fairfield, ca. 1940

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: circa 1940 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print

Item 55122

Schooner 'Bowdoin,' Greenland, 1939, 1939

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1939 Location: Kangerdluk Fjord Media: Photo negative

Item 59260

Ahawas Achim record book cover, Bangor, 1853

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1853 Location: Bangor Media: Ink on paper

Item 67745

Letter from William Haley Jr. to his wife Miriam, Winchester, Virginia, 1865

Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1865-04-01 Location: Winchester; Richmond; Petersburg; Sebago Media: Ink on paper

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Item 74505

Capt. Appleton report on claim against U.S., Louisiana, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 82368

Civilian Conservation Corps Bar Harbor Football Team, 1934

Contributed by: Stubby Wheeler through Maine Conservation Corps Date: 1934 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Photographic print

Item 99381

George Washington Kemp, Leeds, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Elaine Kemp Bragdon through Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Leeds Media: Photograph of crayon portrait