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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 101266

Franklin, Harrison, and Morris on Revolutionary War, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1776

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-08-07 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 18285

U.S.S. Montauk, Portland Harbor, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1898 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 35653

Hopley Yeaton's reburial, New London, Connecticut, 1975, 1975

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1975-08-23 Location: New London; Lubec Media: Photographic print

Item 25341

Capt. Henry W. Lyon Jr., Paris Hill, ca. 1942

Contributed by: Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum Date: circa 1942 Location: Paris Media: Photographic print

Item 7488

Auction record of 'Boxer,' Portland, 1813

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1813-11-15 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10245

Ventilation cowl from USS 'Maine,' ca. 1890

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1898 Location: Houlton Media: Painted metal work

Item 6798

Copy of letter from Samuel Graves to Philip Stephens, 1775

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1775-10-09 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 7472

Letter from Francis McLean to Henry Clinton, 1779

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1779-08-23 Location: Castine Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9964

Peleg Wadsworth letter about Penobscot Expedition, 1779

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1779-08-14 Location: Castine; Castine; Castine Media: Ink on paper

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Item 67325

'USS Braine,' Boston Navy Yard, 1945

Contributed by: National Archives at Boston Date: 1945 Location: Boston Media: Photographic print

Item 55120

U.S.S. 'Bowdoin' crew, Greenland, 1941

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1941 Media: Photo negative

Item 102193

Resolution in Congress by Charles Thomson, 1779

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1779-09-20 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 44480

'Salute to Castine,' Castine, 1896

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

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Item 100739

Samuel Washburn request for ship's command, New York, 1862

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1862-03-22 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102860

The Launching of the S.S. "Cumberland," South Portland, 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1918-06-29 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 48094

"Kasuga," Portland Harbor, 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1920 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 9966

Peleg Wadsworth letter about Penobscot Expedition, July 31, 1779

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1779-07-31 Location: Castine; Castine; Castine; Castine Media: Ink on paper

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Item 49671

USS Philadelphia, Tripoli harbor, 1804

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1804-02-16 Location: Tripoli Media: Cloth, paint, canvas, wood

Item 22521

Cyprian Southack letter concerning Casco fort, 1705

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1705 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 66209

Shield from Battleship "Maine" Bangor, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1935 Location: Bangor Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 54886

The schooner 'Bowdoin' at sea, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: circa 1925 Media: Print

Item 82

Gangway board from 'U.S.S. Hartford', ca. 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1862 Media: Wood

Item 102866

The christening of the S.S. "Belgrade," South Portland, 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1918-10-11 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 102872

S.S. "Lewiston" before launch, South Portland, 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1918-10-31 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print