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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

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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