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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 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 100315

K.B. Sewall letter on daughter's education, Mobile, 1858

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1858-08-13 Location: Mobile; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102681

Tomas Fortson, Brunswick, 2009

Courtesy of Jan Pieter Van Voorst Van Beest, an individual partner Date: 2009 Location: Brunswick Media: Digital photograph

Item 102777

Champlain Society Second Report on the Marine Invertebrata of Mount Desert, 1882

Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: 1882 Location: Mount Desert Media: Ink on paper, softbound notebook

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Item 108705

Christ Church, Gardiner, ca. 1905

Courtesy of Henry Gartley, an individual partner Date: circa 1905 Location: Gardiner Media: Photographic print

Item 148227

Portland and Grove Streets, with entrance to Deering Oaks, Portland, 1887

Contributed by: City of Portland - Planning & Development Date: 1887-08-13 Location: Portland Media: Photgraphic print

Item 151987

Young child with a raccoon on a leash, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1925 Media: Glass negative

Item 7067

Empire Theatre, Lewiston, ca. 1903

Contributed by: Lewiston Public Library Date: circa 1903 Location: Lewiston Media: Phototransparency

Item 10035

Nadeau Lake lime deposit, 1925

Contributed by: Nylander Museum Date: 1925 Location: Fort Fairfield; Fort Fairfield Media: Photographic print

Item 10293

Rabbet plane, ca. 1789

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1789 Location: Winthrop Media: Beech wood

Item 14429

Fancy basket, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Portsmouth Media: Ash, dye

Item 16422

Wood Island Lighthouse, Biddeford ca. 1890

Contributed by: Friends of Wood Island Lighthouse Date: circa 1890 Location: Biddeford Media: Postcard

Item 28490

Patten Free Library Interior, ca. 1891

Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: circa 1891 Location: Bath Media: Photographic print

Item 33438

Reuben Rideout, Jr., receipt, Cumberland, March 5, 1832

Contributed by: Prince Memorial Library Date: 1832 Location: Cumberland; Harpswell Media: Handwritten in ink on rag paper

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Item 34136

John French letter to brother, Washington, D.C., 1861

Contributed by: Fifth Maine Regiment Museum Date: 1861-07-06 Location: Albion; Washington Media: Ink on paper

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Item 80991

Rebecca Usher to niece from Army hospital, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Hollis; Chester Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100317

K.B. Sewall to son on changing schools, Mobile, 1860

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1860-02-17 Location: Mobile Media: Ink on paper

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Item 101174

John Martin cone cedar tree, Bangor, 1866

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

Item 102727

Synagogue Chaim Yosef, Calais, 1974

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1924 Location: Calais Media: Pastel on paper

Item 103377

"American divers at work," wreck of the USS "Maine," Havana, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Havana Media: Stereograph

Item 135807

Interior of Portland Society of Natural History showing shell display, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1927 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 148618

St. John River, Fort Kent, ca. 1979

Contributed by: Acadian Archives Date: 1979 Location: Fort Kent; Clair Media: Postcard

Item 148620

Main Street, Madawaska, ca. 1975

Contributed by: Acadian Archives Date: circa 1975 Location: Madawaska Media: Photographic postcard

Item 149692

Alcime Daigle funeral card, 1921

Contributed by: Acadian Archives Date: 1921 Location: St. John Plantation Media: Ink on paper

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