Keywords: Museum Objects
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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 5511
Bow front chest, Portland, ca. 1809-1816
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1809 Location: Portland Media: Wood, veneers
Item 5512
Sarah Ann Minott sampler, 1824
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1824 Location: Portland Media: Silk on linen, photo transparency
Item 5517
T.J. Libby 12th Maine Regiment desk, ca. 1861
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1861 Location: New Orleans; Scarborough Media: Wood, paint, metal hinges
Item 5545
Zilpah Wadsworth sampler, Portland, 1786
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1786 Location: Portland Media: Linen, silk
Item 5581
Unfinished embroidery, ca. 1800
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1800 Media: Silk on silk over linen
Item 5721
Jane Wentworth sampler, Brownfield, 1828
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1828 Location: Brownfield Media: Silk on linen
Item 6040
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1806 Location: Portland Media: Leather, paint
Item 6043
Grandma Day's snuff box, ca. 1760
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1760 Media: Papier-mache
Item 6044
Joshua Freeman powder horn, 1767
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1767 Location: Portland Media: Horn, wood
Item 6240
Dental pelican tool, Westbrook, ca. 1800
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1800 Location: Westbrook Media: Steel, bone
Item 6391
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Media: Cotton
Item 6402
Valentine toile quilt, ca. 1800
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1800 Location: Canton Media: Fabric
Item 6403
Ruby Jane Brown quilt, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Pittsfield Media: Cotton
Item 6638
Stocking stretcher/dryer, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Media: Wood
Item 6645
Akers' Head of Sleeping Child, ca. 1861
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1861 Location: Westbrook Media: Earthenware, Clay
Item 6964
Painting of the Edward H. Crockett, 1944
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1944 Location: Portland Media: Oil on canvas
Item 7655
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1783 Location: Portland Media: Leather
Item 7656
Keyhole porringer, Portland, ca. 1789
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1789 Location: Portland Media: Silver
Item 7956
Sarah Lewis Merry's penmanship exercise, 1817
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1817 Media: Ink, watercolor on paper, phototransparency
Item 16234
Edna Small Remembrance Card, Houlton, 1888
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1888 Location: Houlton; Philadelphia Media: Print
Item 17269
Contributed by: Nordica Memorial Association Date: circa 1955 Location: Farmington Media: Wood, plaster, cloth
Item 11551
Mary A. Maling wedding dress, 1872
Contributed by: Brick Store Museum Date: 1872 Location: Kennebunk Media: Silk
Item 11560
Two-piece dark suit worn by Helen Gammon Patrick, York, ca. 1877
Contributed by: Brick Store Museum Date: circa 1877 Location: Kennebunk Media: Flannel
Item 23077
Grappling hook, Ambajejus, ca. 1960
Contributed by: Ambajejus Boom House Museum Date: circa 1960 Location: Ambajejus Media: Steel
