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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 105299
The Tannery, New Limerick, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1895 Location: New Limerick; Dexter Media: Large Format Negative
Item 102042
Saco and Pettee Machine Shops order acknowledgment, Biddeford, 1908
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1908-02-14 Location: Biddeford; Brunswick Media: Postcard
Item 9670
Bates Mill Fabric Outlet Sign, Lewiston, ca. 1980
Contributed by: Lewiston Public Library Date: circa 1980 Location: Lewiston Media: Phototransparency
Item 16374
Flooding of the Worumbo Mill, Lisbon Falls, 1936
Contributed by: Lisbon Historical Society Date: 1936 Location: Lisbon Falls Media: Photographic print
Item 9690
Cowan and Libbey Mills, Lewiston, ca. 1975
Contributed by: Lewiston Public Library Date: circa 1975 Location: Lewiston Media: Phototransparency
Item 149596
Herman Small, Gorham, ca. 1877
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1875 Location: Gorham Media: Tintype
Item 23045
Saco-Pettee Boiler House Construction, Biddeford, 1911
Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: 1911-11-09 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 99411
Woodbury K. Dana anniversary celebration, Westbrook, 1916
Contributed by: Westbrook Historical Society Date: 1916-06-07 Location: Westbrook Media: Photographic print
Item 21514
Thomas Goodall, Sanford, ca. 1905
Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative
Item 21513
Thomas Goodall, Sanford, ca. 1905
Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative
Item 35265
Biddeford view of the Pepperell, Laconia, and York Mills, 1908
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1908 Location: Biddeford; Saco Media: Photographic print
Item 31036
M.L. Hussey Woolen Company Mill, Guilford, 1918
Contributed by: Guilford Historical Society Date: 1918 Location: Guilford Media: Postcard
Item 105316
Map of the villages of Saco and Biddeford, York County, 1851
Contributed by: Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education Date: 1951 Location: Saco; Biddeford Media: Lithograph
Item 6739
Canal Street, Lewiston, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Lewiston Media: ink on paper
Item 31534
Silk reeling machine, ca. 1830
Courtesy of Jacqueline Field, an individual partner Date: circa 1830 Media: Ink on paper
Item 19167
Allen Winslow letter concerning Masons, mill business, 1901
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1901 Media: Ink on paper
Item 101512
Painchaud's Band parading on Main Street, Biddeford, 1933
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1933-10-29 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 36080
Workers "cutting sand" at the Saco-Lowell Shops, Biddeford, ca. 1950
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1950 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 35398
Laconia Mills, Biddeford, 1875
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1875 Location: Biddeford Media: Ink on paper, lithograph
Item 28628
Netting Stand, Islesboro, ca. 1885
Contributed by: Islesboro Historical Society Date: circa 1885 Location: Islesboro Media: Wood, metal
Item 7203
Gas Patch near mills in Lewiston, ca. 1950
Contributed by: Lewiston Public Library Date: circa 1950 Location: Lewiston Media: Phototransparency
Item 31532
Journal of the American Silk Society, Baltimore, 1840
Courtesy of Jacqueline Field, an individual partner Date: 1840 Media: Ink on paper
Item 7809
Lockwood Cotton Mills, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Waterville Media: Stereograph
Item 29074
Fabric Sample & Paper Pattern, York Mills, 1842
Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: 1842 Location: Saco Media: Cotton, paper and ink