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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 28472
Civil War letter, George Pepper, 1862
Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: 1862-05-23 Location: Bath; York Media: Ink on paper
Item 31835
Luther Lawrence letter about ship fever, Feb. 15, 1863
Contributed by: North Yarmouth Historical Society Date: 1863-02-15 Location: St. Helena Island Media: Ink on paper
Item 33350
Dr. Benjamin Page, Jr., Hallowell, 1844
Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: 1844 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print
Item 34124
John French letter on enlistment, 1861
Contributed by: Fifth Maine Regiment Museum Date: 1861-04-30 Location: Portland; Albion Media: Ink on paper
Item 34153
John French letter to brother, 1862
Contributed by: Fifth Maine Regiment Museum Date: 1862-01-25 Location: Albion Media: Ink on paper
Item 36070
Capt. John Curtis letter from Mobile, 1861
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Mobile; Brunswick Media: Ink on paper
Item 36114
Capt. John Curtis on secession, Mobile, Ala., 1861
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Mobile Media: Ink on paper
Item 36117
Capt. John Curtis on approach of war, Mobile, Ala., 1861
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Mobile; Brunswick Media: Ink on paper
Item 36128
Ruth Pierce Crocker account of Portland fire, 1866
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1886-07-04 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 36517
Capt. Densmore on Plattsburgh victory, 1814
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1814 Location: Plattsburgh Media: Ink on paper
Item 54441
Building changes on the corner of Main and State, Presque Isle, since 1940
Contributed by: Presque Isle Historical Society Date: 1940–2000 Location: Presque Isle Media: MP3
Item 61854
Albert Buswell telling about sheep shearing on Swan's Island, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: 1940–1949 Location: Swan's Island Media: Mp3
Item 61878
Gwen May remembers working the Swan's Island telephone switchboard in the 1960s
Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1960 Location: Swan's Island Media: Mp3
Item 63064
Mike Holmes describes Fourth of July on Swan's Island during the 1950s
Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Swan's Island Media: Mp3
Item 63068
Marion Stinson band memories, Swan's Island, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Swan's Island Media: Mp3
Item 64490
John P. Sheahan on Petersburg trenches, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Dennysville; Petersburg Media: Ink on paper
Item 96339
Pvt. John Sheahan letter to parents, Washington, D.C., 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Dennysville; Washington Media: Ink on paper
Item 97577
Pvt. John Sheahan on bad morale for Union, Rebels, Virginia, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Dennysville Media: Ink on paper
Item 97578
Pvt. John Sheahan on hatred of slavery, Virginia, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Belle Plain; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper
Item 98528
Civil War Letter, Alden D.Chase, Belfast, 1861
Contributed by: Belfast Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Belfast Media: Ink on paper
Item 99388
Lucretia Sewall to brother on end of war, Mobile, 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Mobile Media: Ink on paper
Item 100331
Eunice Sewall on wartime shortages, Chocktaw County, Alabama, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864-02-23 Media: Ink on paper
Item 102299
Sumner Cobb writes from Camp Taylor, Louisville, Kentucky, 1918
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1918-10-11 Location: Louisville; Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 102496
Harry Marr writes home about his gas burns, France, 1918
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1918-11-05 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
