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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 71587
Fort William Henry at Pemaquid, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Pemaquid Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 16715
Walter Hustus letter from basic training, 1942
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1942 Location: South Portland; Atlantic City Media: Ink on paper
Item 96591
Nurse M.E. Dupree on soldiers' needs, City Point, VA, 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: City Point Media: Ink on paper
Item 52792
Leonard Valentine on end of enlistment, Virginia, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Media: Ink on paper
Item 76629
George Frost to George F. Shepley, New Orleans, 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: New Orleans Media: Ink on paper
Item 8689
108-millimeter shell production, ca. 1917
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1917 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 8690
108-millimeter howitzer shell production, ca. 1917
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1917 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 17302
Taking the Oath and Drawing Rations, 1866
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1866 Location: Houlton; New York Media: Painted plaster
Item 80450
Red Cross First Aid Class, Princeton, ca. 1942
Contributed by: Joyce Carle through Princeton Public Library Date: circa 1942 Location: Princeton Media: Photographic print
Item 63361
Pvt. John Sheahan from Washington, D.C., 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Washington; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper
Item 64475
John P. Sheahan on engagement, Virginia, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Warrenton; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper
Item 13952
British Naval and Merchant Telescope, ca. 1850
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Portland Media: Brass, leather and celluloid
Item 102952
Peanut butter soup recipe, ca. 1917
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1917 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 102954
Potage Albert recipe, ca. 1917
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1917 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 102953
Stuffed prunes pecipe, ca. 1917
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1917 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 66936
H. Hamlin telegraph to Lt. Charles Bridges, Washington, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Searsport; Washington Media: Ink on paper
Item 20167
Proclamation urging resistance to British, 1779
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1779 Location: Castine Media: Ink on paper
Item 148456
Guy P. Gannett posing with members of the Civil Air Patrol, ca. 1943
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1943 Media: Photographic print
Item 15790
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1943 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print
Item 101271
Robert Paine on manufacturing saltpeter and gunpowder, Philadelphia, 1776
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-03-16 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper
Item 13274
Letter from Albion K. Parris to his father, 1832
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1832-07-16 Location: Boston; Hebron Media: Ink on paper
Item 82
Gangway board from 'U.S.S. Hartford', ca. 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1862 Media: Wood
Item 101275
Matthew Thornton on congressional activity, Philadelphia, 1776
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-11-12 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper
Item 9965
Peleg Wadsworth letter on the Penobscot Expedition, 1779
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1779-08-13 Location: Castine Media: Ink on paper
