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Keywords: Merchant Ships

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 25843

Letter to Capt. Ebeneezer Hill, 1823

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1823 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 8872

Ship ARYAN, Phippsburg, 1893

Contributed by: Maine Maritime Museum Date: 1893 Location: Phippsburg Media: Photographic print

Item 36040

The Biddeford S.S.Victory ship, out of Maryland, ca. 1944

Contributed by: Biddeford Historical Society Date: circa 1944 Location: Baltimore; Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 108672

Barque "Aberdeen" of Searsport Capt. N. Dunbar Naples 1874

Courtesy of Susan Curran White, an individual partner Date: 1874 Location: Searsport Media: Watercolor on paper

Item 27834

Schooner Henry J. Smith, Thomaston, 1890

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print

Item 102870

Construction of the S.S. "Lewiston," South Portland, 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1918-07-27 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 9208

Capt. John Davison letter to wife, 1845

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1845-03-13 Location: Franklin Media: Ink on paper

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Item 26659

Brig Daphne, Thomaston, ca. 1980

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1980 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print

Item 27869

U.S. Treasury Department letter to the Bath Collector of Customs, 1884

Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: 1790–1884 Location: Bath Media: Ink on paper

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Item 98688

Four-masted schooner Constellation near East Boothbay, ca. 1932

Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: circa 1932 Location: Boothbay; Harrington Media: Glass Negative

Item 42789

Ship "Mary C. Mariner," Sicily, 1868

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1868 Location: Palermo Media: Paint, canvas, cloth, wood

Item 33475

Shipyard stamp, Co. Biddeford, ca. 1917

Contributed by: An individual through Biddeford Historical Society Date: circa 1917 Location: Biddeford Media: Metal

Item 8873

Six-mast schooner GEORGE W. WELLS, Camden, 1900

Contributed by: Maine Maritime Museum Date: 1900 Location: Camden Media: Photographic print

Item 100333

Portuguese coin, Portland, 1752

Contributed by: Tate House Museum Date: 1752 Location: Portland Media: Copper

Item 36025

Sailing ship, Lubec, ca. 1885

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1885 Location: Lubec Media: Photograph on card

Item 27839

Schooner Lizzie Carr, Thomaston, ca. 1875

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1875 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print

Item 15213

John B. Miner, ca. 1865

Contributed by: City of Brewer Date: circa 1865 Location: Brewer Media: Photographic print

Item 48275

Brig "Ganza," ca. 1833

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1833 Location: Saco Media: Watercolor, pen, ink, pencil

Item 42147

Schooner "Mexican," ca. 1886

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1886 Location: Searsport; Bucksport Media: Oil on canvas

Item 42754

Ship "Edmund Phinney," ca. 1875

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1875 Media: Oil on wood

Item 42790

"Edmund Phinney," ca. 1873

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1873 Location: Portland Media: Paint, canvas, cloth, wood

Item 27829

Schooner Edna Hoyt, Thomaston, ca. 1921

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1921 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print

Item 23420

Bark Sarah Hand entering Naples, 1849

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1849-04-29 Location: Naples; Gardiner Media: Painting

Item 31360

Captain Lyman W. Lyons, Hallowell, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1890 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print