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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 28987

Young man wearing sealskin clothes, Rockland, 1891

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1891 Location: Rockland Media: Paper, photograph

Item 28988

Captain N.P. Spear aboard the 'Julia A. Decker,' 1891

Contributed by: Farnsworth Art Museum through Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1891 Media: Paper, photograph

Item 28995

First day at sea for the Bowdoin Boys, 1891

Contributed by: Farnsworth Art Museum through Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1891 Media: Photographic print

Item 28996

Mervyn A. Rice aboard the 'Julia A. Decker,' 1891

Contributed by: Farnsworth Art Museum through Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1891 Media: Photographic print

Item 28997

Dennis Cole posing with equipment, Labrador, 1891

Contributed by: Farnsworth Art Museum through Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1891 Media: Photographic print

Item 28998

Grand Falls Expedition party, Labrador, 1891

Contributed by: Farnsworth Art Museum through Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1891 Media: Photographic print

Item 28999

Austin Cary posing with equipment, Labrador, 1891

Contributed by: Farnsworth Art Museum through Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1891 Media: Photographic print

Item 29000

Ernest Young leaning on rifle, Labrador, 1891

Contributed by: Farnsworth Art Museum through Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1891 Media: Photographic print

Item 29003

Grand River party leaving the 'Julia A. Decker,' Labrador, 1891

Contributed by: Farnsworth Art Museum through Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1891 Media: Photographic print

Item 33847

Champlain's map of Saco Bay and the Saco River, 1605

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1605 Location: Biddeford; Saco Media: Photographic print

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Item 61116

Clay Tobacco Pipe, Popham Colony, ca. 1607

Contributed by: Maine State Museum Date: circa 1607 Location: Phippsburg Media: Clay

Item 78755

Abandoned Hebron Slate Quarry, Monson, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Monson Historical Society Date: circa 1935 Location: Monson Media: Photographic print

Item 111778

William D. Williamson, ca. 1830

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1830 Location: Bangor Media: engraving

Item 10035

Nadeau Lake lime deposit, 1925

Contributed by: Nylander Museum Date: 1925 Location: Fort Fairfield; Fort Fairfield Media: Photographic print

Item 18714

Charles Turner account of climbing Katahdin, 1804

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1804 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 28940

Exploring an Inuit grave on Eskimo Island, Labrador, 1891

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1891 Location: Eskimo Island Media: Paper, photograph

Mystery Corner Item

Item 33664

Lewis Litchfield, Scarborough, ca. 1958

Mystery Corner Item Who is with Lewis Litchfield?

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1958 Location: Scarborough Media: Photographic print

Item 55350

Shilling coin, Popham Colony, ca. 1607

Contributed by: Maine State Museum Date: circa 1607 Location: Phippsburg Media: Silver

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Item 72947

Edna St. Vincent Millay and friends, Rockland, 1912

Contributed by: Camden Public Library Date: 1912-08-17 Location: Rockland Media: Photographic print

Item 7354

Robinhaud deed to land at Sheepscot River, 1662

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1662-12-22 Location: Wiscasset Media: Ink on paper

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Item 23188

Re-enactment of Oxford County Finnish settlement, 1898

Contributed by: Western Maine Cultural Alliance Date: 1898 Location: South Paris Media: MP3

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Item 105640

Scenes in the State of Maine, 1855

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1855 Media: Ink on paper

Item 101753

Deborah Gannett petition for increase of pension, 1820

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1820 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102165

Thomas Jefferson contemplating the sale of frontier land, Philadelphia, 1776

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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