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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 9349

Steam Yacht, Boothbay Harbor, ca. 1917

Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: circa 1917 Location: Boothbay Harbor Media: Photo negative

Item 80399

Letter to Sarah Tarbox from Louisa and Wm Greenleaf, 1841

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1841-08-07 Location: Westport Island; Richmond Media: Ink on paper

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Item 22070

Bullseyes at Northeast Harbor Fleet, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Great Harbor Maritime Museum Date: circa 1950 Location: Mount Desert Media: Photographic print

Item 68656

Asticou Inn, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1935 Location: Northeast Harbor Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 21177

Northeast Harbor, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Great Harbor Maritime Museum Date: circa 1950 Location: Mount Desert Media: Photographic print

Item 80660

Letter to Sarah Tarbox from cousin Warren Brown, 1841

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1841-04-03 Location: Westport Island; Readfield; Kents Hill Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100058

Vera Cleaves, Women's Army Corps, West Point, NY, 1943

Contributed by: An individual through Westport Island History Committee Date: 1943 Location: Newburgh; Westport Island Media: Photographic print

Item 25223

J.M. Brown on Civil War 'trophies,' South Carolina, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1684 Location: Folly Island; Portland; Johns Island Media: Ink on paper

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Item 22232

Asticou Dock, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Great Harbor Maritime Museum Date: circa 1950 Location: Mount Desert Media: Photographic print

Item 66232

Campground, Mount Desert Island, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1935 Location: Bangor Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 25221

John Marshall Brown to sister, South Carolina, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Folly Island; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102280

Advertisement for rental of the steam yacht "Mizpah," Yarmouth, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Yarmouth; Chebeague Island Media: Ink on paper

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Item 33491

Summer Outing at Blue Hill Falls, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Blue Hill Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Blue Hill Media: Postcard

Item 80459

Oxen at Camp Durrell, 1908

Contributed by: Friendship Museum Date: 1908 Location: Cushing Media: Photographic print

Item 21184

Saga at Northeast Harbor, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Great Harbor Maritime Museum Date: circa 1930 Location: Mount Desert Media: Photographic print

Item 5997

My Debt to Maine, Theodore Roosevelt, 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1918-03-20 Location: Island Falls Media: Pencil on paper

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Item 102428

Fort Levett military training drills, Cushing Island, ca. 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1917 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 65603

Eben Calderwood from Monroe, Va., 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Vinalhaven; Monroe Media: Ink on paper

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Item 67324

Navy firefighting school, Newport, R.I., ca. 1943

Contributed by: National Archives at Boston Date: circa 1943 Location: Newport Media: Photographic print

Item 62522

Eben Calderwood, New York, to wife, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Vinalhaven Media: Ink on paper

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Item 80719

Climbing Newport (Champlain) Mountain, 1886

Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: 1886 Location: Mount Desert Media: Printed material

Item 21325

Donald Bryant, Seal Harbor, ca. 1980

Contributed by: Trenton Cemetery & Keeping Society Date: circa 1980 Location: Seal Harbor Media: Photographic print

Item 23961

Birches on the Shore Path, Bar Harbor, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1920 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Postcard

Item 79920

Charles Barnard to wife, New Orleans, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-06-02 Location: New Orleans Media: Ink on paper

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