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- Historical Items (1374)
- Tax Records (3)
- Architecture & Landscape (18)
- Online Exhibits (135)
- Site Pages (209)
- My Maine Stories (22)
- Lesson Plans (3)
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 17302
Taking the Oath and Drawing Rations, 1866
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1866 Location: Houlton; New York Media: Painted plaster
Item 31743
Josiah Pierce on Pierce inauguration, Washington, D.C., 1853
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1853 Location: Washington Media: Ink on paper
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
Item 61634
Request for information about missing soldier, Princeton, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Princeton Media: Ink on paper
Item 65093
Letter seeking information on POW husband, Saco, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Saco Media: Ink on paper
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
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
Item 99412
K.B. Sewall request to go to Mobile, 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Mobile Media: Ink on paper
Item 100948
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
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