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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 9535

Letter about living conditions in Aroostook County, ca. 1845

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1845 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 8730

Group at dock, Waterford, ca. 1910

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

Item 100940

Fred Ryder, Bangor, 1864

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

Item 6632

Hancock Shakers Visiting Scarboro Beach, 1916

Contributed by: United Society of Shakers Date: 1916-09-18 Location: Scarborough Media: print, glass-plate negative

Item 6901

Sisters Working on Fancy Goods, Sabbathday Lake, ca. 1902

Contributed by: United Society of Shakers Date: circa 1902 Location: New Gloucester Media: Slide from a glass-plate negative

Item 6913

Students, teachers, Alfred Shaker Village, 1885

Contributed by: United Society of Shakers Date: circa 1885 Location: Alfred Media: Slide from an original photograph

Item 6747

Shaker Elder Henry Green on sales trip, ca. 1896

Contributed by: United Society of Shakers Date: circa 1896 Media: Slide from a photograph

Item 100912

John Martin's plow, Hampden, ca. 1833

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Date: circa 1833 Location: Hampden Media: Ink and watercolor on paper

Item 1057

North Anson, ca. 1905

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: North Anson Media: Photographic print

Item 23857

Hannah Pierce last letter to brother Josiah, 1866

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

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Item 6628

Sabbathday Lake Quartette, ca. 1900

Contributed by: United Society of Shakers Date: circa 1900 Location: New Gloucester Media: Photographic print, glass plate negative

Item 6631

Aurelia G. Mace, Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, 1905

Contributed by: United Society of Shakers Date: 1905-03-06 Location: New Gloucester Media: print, glass-plate negative

Item 13569

POWs at Camp Houlton, 1945

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1945 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 6915

No. 4 Goodall Plush Mill, Sanford, ca. 1915

Contributed by: United Society of Shakers Date: circa 1915 Location: Sanford Media: Slide from a post card

Item 13559

Camp Houlton prisoners of war, 1945

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1945 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 13560

Prisoners of war picking potatoes, Houlton, 1945

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1945 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 100917

Alonzo E. Raynes, Brewer, ca. 1838

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Date: circa 1838 Location: Brewer Media: Ink and watercolor on paper

Item 13564

Prisoners of War, Houlton, 1945

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1945 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 13563

Prisoner of war picking potatoes, Houlton, 1945

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1945 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 111464

Martha S. Riley, Cherryfield, ca. 1905

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Cherryfield Media: cabinet card

Item 102414

Lucy Butts Carvill, New Portland, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Stanley Museum on deposit at Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: New Portland Media: Lantern slide, hand colored

Item 56915

'Carrying Water' book cover, Waterville, 1997

Contributed by: Colby College Special Collections Date: 1997 Location: Appleton Media: Ink on paper

Item 17606

Charles B. Dunn, Roach River House, 1894

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1894-09-22 Media: Photographic print

Item 1512

Scott Nearing, Harborside, 1983

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1983-07-29 Location: Harborside Media: Photographic print