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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 13249

Sarah Sampson letter to governor, August 17, 1863

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1863 Location: Gettysburg Media: Ink on paper

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Item 13259

Act concerning females army nurses, 1861

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1861 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper

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Item 35881

West Quoddy Head Lighthouse, Lubec, 1949, 1949

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1949 Location: Lubec Media: Dye transfer print from 2ΒΌ-inch square transparenc

Item 36870

Children at beach, Lubec, ca. 1903, ca. 1903

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1903 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Item 60540

Steamship "Huron," Lubec, ca. 1907, ca. 1907

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1907 Location: Lubec Media: Postcard

Item 74603

Cote murder case, Gorham, 1924

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1924 Location: Gorham Media: Glass Negative

Item 88001

Main Street, Calais, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1930 Location: Calais Media: Glass Negative

Item 98896

Lucretia Sewall to husband on pregnancy, Portland, 1837

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1837 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 99441

Main and Elm Street after Harmon's Corner Fire, Biddeford, 1911

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1911 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 148605

U.S. Naval Frontier Base, Portland, 1944

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1944 Location: Portland Media: Film negative

Item 148606

Sailor at the U.S. Naval Frontier Base, Portland, 1944

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1944 Location: Portland Media: Film negative

Item 148613

U.S. Naval Frontier Base entrance, Portland, 1944

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1944 Location: Portland Media: Photo negative

Item 148614

Sailors posing at the U.S. Navy Fleet Signal Station, Great Diamond Island, 1943

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1943 Location: Great Diamond Island Media: Film negative

Item 148615

Congress Street on D-Day, Portland, 1944

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1944-06-06 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 149057

Portland Head Light seen from the Harbor Entrance Control Post, Cape Elizabeth, 1944

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1944 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Film negative

Item 149058

Captured Italian submarine docked in Portland, 1944

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1944 Location: Portland Media: Film negative

Item 149061

Three sailors on the U.S. Navy docks, Portland, ca. 1944

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1944 Location: Portland Media: Film negative

Item 13240

Sarah Sampson, Bath, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: circa 1860 Location: Bath Media: Photographic print

Item 22345

Thaddeus Clark letter on King Philip's War, Portland, 1676

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1676 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 36412

Captain Harry Kingsbury, York, ca. 1830

Contributed by: Old York Historical Society Date: circa 1830 Location: York Media: Oil on wood