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LC Subject Heading: Firsts

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 23137

George E. Adams, Brunswick, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1860 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Item 25331

Henry W. Lyon Jr. appointment to Naval Academy, 1903

Contributed by: Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum Date: 1903 Location: Annapolis Media: Ink on paper

Item 25338

Ship certificate, 1928

Contributed by: Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum Date: 1928 Location: Oakland; Brisbane Media: Ink on paper

Item 27980

Life membership certificate, Farmington Public Library Association, 1917

Contributed by: Farmington Public Library Date: 1917-01-02 Location: Farmington Media: Ink on paper

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Item 29427

Largest Granite Slab cut from Hains Ledge Quarry, Hallowell, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1895 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print

Item 31054

William Phineas Fisher, Brunswick, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1880 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Item 31504

Harrison M. Hubbard, Brunswick, ca. 1919

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1919 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Item 34562

Theodore S. McLellan, Brunswick, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1900 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Item 35960

Interior, First Parish Church, Portland, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 35965

Thomas Hill, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Portland Media: Oil on canvas

Item 74441

CMP First Aid Team, Rockland, 1929

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1929 Location: Rockland Media: Photographic print

Item 99438

Rev. Cazneau Palfrey, Belfast, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Belfast Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Belfast Media: Carte de visite

Item 102224

First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, Kennebunk, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Brick Store Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Kennebunk Media: Glass Negative

Item 1222

Main Street, Ellsworth, ca. 1896

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1896 Location: Ellsworth Media: Photographic print

Item 6151

Shipwreck at Pond Cove, ca. 1830

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1830 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Oil on panel

Item 7175

Painting of Hermann Kotzschmar, Portland, 1895

Contributed by: First Parish in Portland Date: 1895 Location: Portland Media: Oil on canvas

Item 7420

First aid exhibit, Camp Winnebago, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Camp Winnebago Date: circa 1950 Location: Fayette Media: Cardboard, paper, glass, plastic

Item 8946

Letter to Peleg Wadsworth with Washington hair, 1800

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1800-04-05 Location: Mount Vernon; Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 8947

Letter from Peleg Wadsworth to Elizabeth Wadsworth, 1800

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1800-05-03 Location: Philadelphia; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 8950

Letter from Elizabeth Wadsworth to her father, Peleg Wadsworth, 1800

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1800-04-24 Location: Portland; Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 8952

Copy of Peleg Wadsworth letter to Martha Washington, 1800

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1800-03-26 Location: Portland; Mount Vernon; Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 8954

Peleg Wadsworth writes to his daughter, Elizabeth, Philadelphia, 1800

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1800-04-12 Location: Philadelphia; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10376

Chinese Sunday School student, Portland, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Portland Media: Photograph

Item 10377

Portrait of Chinese man, Portland, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Portland Media: Photograph