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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 33317

Lincoln House Hotel, Lincoln, 1941

Contributed by: Lincoln Historical Society Date: 1941 Location: Lincoln Media: Postcard

Item 60178

Letter seeking information on husband, Temple, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Temple Media: Ink on paper

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Item 61634

Request for information about missing soldier, Princeton, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Princeton Media: Ink on paper

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Item 65093

Letter seeking information on POW husband, Saco, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Saco Media: Ink on paper

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Item 70491

Mabee Drug paregoric preparation, Lubec, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Lubec Media: Capped glass bottle

Item 71750

Deer Isle Bridge, Sedgwick, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Sedgwick Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 71822

Cottages along the waterfront, Wells Beach, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Wells Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 80788

Farmhouse and barn, Lubec, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Item 88001

Main Street, Calais, ca. 1930

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

Item 99118

Lizzie Howard to Gen. O.O. Howard, Leeds, 1865

Contributed by: Bowdoin College Library Date: 1865 Location: Leeds Media: Ink on paper

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Item 99412

K.B. Sewall request to go to Mobile, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Mobile Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100948

Annie Martin, Bangor, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Date: circa 1864 Location: Bangor Media: Ink and watercolor on paper

Item 101073

Revenue gunboat "Mahoning," Bangor, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Date: 1864-08-14 Location: Bangor Media: Ink and watercolor on paper

Item 102167

Francis Lewis on the actions of the militia relayed to Congress, Yorktown, 1778

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1778-03-30 Location: Yorktown Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102275

Portland Company shop drawing of a ship boiler, Portland, 1905

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1905 Location: Portland Media: Ink on Linen

Item 116455

Acadian ship's knee joint, Van Buren, 1991

Contributed by: Acadian Archives Date: 1991-06-27 Location: Van Buren Media: photographic print

Item 7159

Lisbon Street, Lewiston, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Lewiston Public Library Date: circa 1890 Location: Lewiston Media: Phototransparency

Item 11498

Wood smoothing plane, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1850 Location: Littleton Media: Wood

Item 11499

Stanley #127 transitional jack plane, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Littleton Media: Wood, steel

Item 13262

Planting potatoes, Caribou, ca. 1947

Contributed by: Caribou Public Library Date: circa 1947 Location: Caribou Media: Photographic print

Item 98864

Zépherin Lessard, Royal Canadian Army, Fernie, BC, ca. 1917

Contributed by: Madeleine Paré Roy through Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: circa 1917 Location: Lewiston; Fernie Media: Photographic print

Item 101212

Gorham L. Boynton, Bangor, ca. 1867

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Date: circa 1867 Location: Bangor Media: Ink and watercolor on paper

Item 116251

Common Ground Country Fair t-shirt, 1998

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1998 Location: Unity Media: Cotton, ink

Item 29422

Brooks' Patent writing case, ca. 1864

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1864 Location: Biddeford Media: Leather, cotton, glass, metal