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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 33559
Penobscot County Jail, Bangor, ca. 1875
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1875 Location: Bangor Media: Stereograph
Item 64618
Lt. John Sheahan on intent to escape, South Carolina, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Columbia Media: Ink on paper
Item 105833
Interior of the Officers Club at the Houlton Air base, 1943
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1943-02-03 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print
Item 7347
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1757-08-09 Location: Kittery; Boston Media: Ink on paper
Item 105834
Officers Quarters at Houlton Air Base, 1943
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1943-01-30 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print
Item 28793
Contributed by: Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum Date: circa 1890 Location: Paris Media: Photographic print
Item 64617
POW Sheahan request for money, South Carolina, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Columbia; Dennysville Media: Pencil and ink on paper
Item 13612
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1889 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print
Item 25679
Account of death of Thomas Means, Cousins Island, 1756
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1756 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 84665
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Location: Richmond Media: Iron
Item 64626
Letter to John Sheahan about son, 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Dennysville Media: Ink on paper
Item 17029
Message from Walter Hustus to family, 1945
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1945 Location: South Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 64623
Letter to John Sheahan recalling escape, 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Erie; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper
Item 100452
Sumner Cummings Libby, Scarborough, 1863
Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1863 Location: Scarborough; Cape Elizabeth Media: Tintype
Item 64625
Letter about changes in North Carolina, 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: New Bern; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper
Item 11555
Ships in harbor, Kittery Navy Yard, 1868
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1898 Location: Kittery; Portsmouth Media: Photographic print
Item 64612
Lt. John Sheahan to Lizzie Shriver, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Danville; Westminster Media: Pencil on paper
Item 60280
POW letter requesting food, Richmond, Va., 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Farmington; Petersburg Media: Ink on paper
Item 13032
Soldiers' Burying Ground, Eastern Promenade, Portland, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 64619
POW Sheahan plea for money, South Carolina, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Columbia; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper
Item 105434
Map of the town of Thomaston, 1855
Contributed by: Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education Date: 1855 Location: Thomaston Media: Lithograph
Item 5537
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1874 Media: Photographic print
Item 64622
John P. Sheahan POW journal, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Danville; Columbia Media: Ink on paper
Item 10802
Letter from Peleg Wadsworth to wife, Betsey about prison, 1781
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1781-02-20 Location: Portland; Castine Media: Ink on paper
