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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 9351
Watermelon Race, Squirrel Island Fete Week, 1910
Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: 1910-08-27 Location: Southport Media: Photographic print
Item 9485
Squirrel Island Gathering, ca. 1905
Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: circa 1905 Location: Southport Media: Photographic print
Item 13822
Ferris Wheel, Oxford County Fair, 1908
Contributed by: Norway Historical Society Date: 1908 Location: Norway; Paris Media: Postcard
Item 9350
Married Men's Race, Squirrel Island, 1910
Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: 1910-08-27 Location: Southport Media: Photographic print
Item 78678
WLU fundraiser souvenir book cover, Portland, 1915
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1915 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 9500
Three-Legged Race, Squirrel Island, ca. 1907
Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: circa 1907 Location: Southport Media: Photographic print
Item 57183
Elise Fellows White, New York, 1940
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1940 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print
Item 22843
Sanford Weekly Ledger Print Shop, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Sanford Media: Print from glass negative
Item 34186
Carnival, Muster Field, Hallowell, ca. 1935
Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1935 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print
Item 27415
Contributed by: Farmington Historical Society Date: 1917 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print
Item 111876
Bronze medal from exhibition, 1854
Contributed by: Mechanics' Hall Date: 1854 Location: Portland Media: bronze
Item 102383
World's fair cattle show, North New Portland, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Stanley Museum on deposit at Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: North New Portland Media: Lantern slide, hand colored
Item 105913
Airship disaster, Waterville, 1908
Courtesy of Henry Gartley, an individual partner Date: 1908-09-02 Location: Waterville Media: Photographic print
Item 111878
Bronze Medal awarded at exhibition, 1859
Contributed by: Mechanics' Hall Date: 1859 Location: Portland Media: bronze
Item 111880
Bronze medal from 1854 Exhibition, Portland, 1854
Contributed by: Mechanics' Hall Date: 1854 Location: Portland Media: Bronze medal
Item 33990
Postcard of the trotting park in Blue Hill ca. 1910
Contributed by: Blue Hill Public Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Blue Hill Media: Postcard
Item 79512
Androscoggin No. 2 Engine Company member ribbon, Topsham, 1875
Contributed by: Town of Topsham Date: 1875 Location: Topsham Media: Fabric and metal
Item 27464
Contributed by: Farmington Historical Society Date: 1918 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print
Item 79396
A.S. Rand with Mt. Katahdin and Granger, "The World's Largest Oxen," Etna, ca. 190
Contributed by: Stetson Historical Society Date: circa 1904 Location: Etna Media: Photographic print
Item 18302
Military family from Dow Field at the Bangor State Fair, 1944
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1944-08-01 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print
Item 78744
President Dwight Eisenhower, Skowhegan, 1955
Contributed by: Margaret Chase Smith Library Date: 1955-06-27 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print
Item 78741
Margaret Chase Smith, Skowhegan, 1955
Contributed by: Margaret Chase Smith Library Date: 1955-06-27 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print
Item 21753
Nylander samlat 18, Caribou, 1922
Contributed by: Nylander Museum Date: 1922 Location: Caribou; Gothenburg Media: Photographic print
Item 28450
Alameda Opera House keys, Bath, ca. 1913
Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: circa 1913 Location: Bath Media: Metal