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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 26530

Samuel Libby powder horn, Scarborough, 1723

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1723 Location: Scarborough Media: Carved horn

Item 98552

Commonwealth Art Colony students exploring Damariscove Island off Boothbay Harbor, 1915

Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: 1915-08-03 Location: Boothbay Harbor Media: Photographic print

Item 104245

"The Ferry," Rumford Point, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Rumford Media: Postcard

Item 69120

Food demonstration, Farmington State Normal School, ca. 1916

Contributed by: Mantor Library at UMF Date: circa 1916 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print

Item 69790

Students in Valentine costumes, Farmington State Normal School, ca. 1922

Contributed by: Mantor Library at UMF Date: circa 1922 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print

Item 67948

Aida program cover, Surry Opera Company; Vienna, Virginia, 1985

Contributed by: Susan and Charles Guilford through Surry Historical Society Date: 1985-02-07 Location: Vienna; Surry Media: Beige cardstock with brown ink program

Item 104432

Drawing of a woman on a tintype, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1840 Media: Tintype

Item 148641

View of Eagle Lake, ca. 1948

Contributed by: Acadian Archives Date: circa 1948 Location: Eagle Lake Media: Photographic postcard

Item 6247

Handel's 'Joshua' program, Portland, 1882

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1882-12-22 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
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Item 11951

Abby Tilton, Skowhegan, ca. 1907

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1907 Location: Skowhegan Media: Black Ink on buff art paper

Item 28481

Civil War Soldiers' Monument postcard, Bath, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: circa 1940 Location: Bath; Richmond; Frederick City Media: Postcard

Item 148464

Hand drum by James Eric Francis, Sr., Old Town, 2018

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2018 Location: Old Town Media: Deer hide, wood, acrylic paint
This record contains 3 images.

Item 79312

Dance Ticket, Tuscan Opera House. 1948

Contributed by: Dixfield Historical Society Date: 1948-01-24 Location: Dixfield Media: Beige cardstock with black printing

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Item 31505

Elijah Kellogg Church, Harpswell, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1870 Location: Harpswell Media: Photographic print

Item 28945

Longfellow Christmas Scene, 1862

Contributed by: NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Date: 1862 Location: Cambridge Media: Watercolor on paper

Item 15904

Portrait of Papa, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ca. 1852

Contributed by: NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Date: circa 1852 Location: Cambridge Media: Graphite on paper

Item 80752

Splint gauge, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: circa 1850 Media: Maple, copper/bronze, steel

Item 80754

Sweet grass comb, 19th century, ca. 1800

Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: circa 1800 Location: Indian Island Media: Wood

Item 12475

John Wheelwright headstone, 1745, Wells, 1965

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1965 Location: Wells Media: Photographic print

Item 1288

Miniature portrait of Persis Sibley Andrews and daughter, 1844

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1844 Location: Dixfield Media: Watercolor on ivory

Item 108921

Seaside vista, Houlton, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1945 Location: Houlton Media: Oil painting

Item 31467

Bungalow Street, Madawaska, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1920 Location: Madawaska Media: Glass Negative

Item 10076

Wabanaki Sewing Flat, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Hudson Museum, Univ. of Maine Media: Black ash, sweetgrass

Item 27981

Farmington Public Library, 1916

Contributed by: Farmington Public Library Date: 1916 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print