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These results include photographs, documents, letters, paintings, artifacts, and many other kinds of Maine related items from collections around the state and elsewhere.


Item 24026

Mount Desert Rock Light, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1930 Media: Postcard

Item 24975

Lighthouse on Mount Desert Rock, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1930 Media: Postcard

Item 30910

West Quoddy Head Light Station, Lubec, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Item 33662

Tidal power project dam map, Lubec, 1980, 1980

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1980 Location: Lubec Media: Map, ink on paper

Item 36515

Letter concerning extinguishing Wood Island Light, 1814

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1814-09-10 Location: Biddeford Media: Ink on paper

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Item 52769

Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn, 1848

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1848 Location: Portland Media: Paint, canvas, cloth, wood

Item 54904

Schooner 'Bowdoin' in winter quarters, Baffin Island, 1922

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1922-04-02 Location: Bowdoin Harbor Media: Photographic print

Item 80007

Moosehead II Steamboat, Moosehead Lake, ca. 1914

Contributed by: Moosehead Historical Society Date: circa 1914 Location: Greenville Media: Photographic print

Item 148766

"Sunbeam II," as seen from the deck of the USLHS Portland, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Maine Seacoast Mission Date: circa 1930 Media: Photographic print

Item 25337

Caricatures of Southern Cross crew, 1928

Contributed by: Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum Date: 1928 Media: Ink on paper

Item 135887

Commissions of Governors, Nova Scotia, 1720

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1816 Location: Halifax Media: Ink on Paper

Item 11772

Surveyor's Vernier Compass, ca. 1840

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1840 Media: Brass, glass and pine

Item 9349

Steam Yacht, Boothbay Harbor, ca. 1917

Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: circa 1917 Location: Boothbay Harbor Media: Photo negative

Item 23941

Baker Island Light, off Mt. Desert Island, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1940 Location: Cranberry Isles Media: Postcard

Item 23991

Egg Rock Light, Bar Harbor, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1930 Location: Winter Harbor Media: Postcard

Item 23992

Egg Rock Light, Bar Harbor, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1900 Location: Winter Harbor Media: Postcard

Item 23993

Egg Rock Light, Frenchmans Bay, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: 1875 Location: Winter Harbor Media: Postcard

Item 24976

Mount Desert Rock Light, ca. 1980

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: 1847 Media: Postcard

Item 24998

Steamer Sappho, Mt. Desert Island, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: 1886 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Postcard

Item 40277

Lightship 'Portland,' Portland, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1927 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 63748

S. Cary and Co. receipt for brandy, Madawaska, 1847

Contributed by: Cary Library Date: 1847-03-29 Location: Madawaska Media: Ink and pencil on paper

Item 78875

Bear Island, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1905

Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Mount Desert Media: Postcard

Item 100707

Ribbon cutting dedication, Westport Island Causeway, 1950

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1950-06-25 Location: Westport Island; Wiscasset; Bath Media: Photographic print

Item 100719

Causeway dedication day parade, Westport Island, 1950

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1950-06-25 Location: Westport Island; Wiscasset Media: Photographic print