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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 5755
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1885-07-12 Location: Belfast Media: Stereograph
Item 18058
Contributed by: Telephone Museum Date: 1939-04-13 Location: Lewiston; Ellsworth Media: Photographic print
Item 27059
Dark Harbor Post Office, Islesboro, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Islesboro Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Islesboro Media: Photographic print
Item 76882
Schooner 'Bowdoin' melting out, Refuge Harbor, Greenland, 1924
Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1924 Media: Photographic print
Item 101080
Kimball Block, Bethel, ca. 1870
Contributed by: Bethel Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Bethel Media: Photographic print
Item 27169
Lightning Strike, Baptist Church Steeple, Thomaston 1992
Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: 1992-06-14 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print
Item 105876
Back Meadow Street, Nobleboro, ca. 1915
Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1915 Location: Nobleboro Media: Glass Plate Negative
Item 19195
Fabbri Cottage, Bar Harbor, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1900 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Postcard
Item 35515
J.E. Mitchell to Persis Blanchard, Franklin City, Louisiana, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: New Orleans; Franklin Media: Ink on paper
Item 80985
Martha Osgood account of spiritualist, Bar Mills, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Bar Mills; New Orleans Media: Ink on paper
Item 76161
Ski Team official at the Sugarloaf World Cup, 1971
Contributed by: Sugarloaf Mountain Ski Club through Ski Museum of Maine Date: 1971 Location: Sugarloaf Media: Photographic print
Item 100146
Speaking trumpet, Portland, 1849
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1849 Location: Portland Media: Silver
Item 100301
Letter from J.W. Jones to Robert Tate, West Indies, 1803
Contributed by: Tate House Museum Date: 1803-03-09 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 148493
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's flute, Portland, ca. 1825
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1825
Location: Portland
Media: Boxwood, ivory, brass
This record contains 4 images.
Item 149825
Boy Scout signal demonstration group, Portland, 1921
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1921-04-22 Location: Portland Media: Glass negative
Item 11055
State Office Building bomb shelter, Augusta, 1981
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1981-06-04 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print
Item 21064
Franklin Pierce on Jonathan Cilley, 1835
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1835 Location: Hillsborough; Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 31089
Thursday Club's New Year's Day party, Biddeford, 1930
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1930-01-02 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 9002
Hotel Coburn ruins, Skowhegan, 1918
Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: 1918-03-05 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print
Item 76881
'Bowdoin' and S.S. 'Peary' departing from Wiscasset, 1925
Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1925 Location: Wiscasset Media: Photographic print
Item 149392
Benedict Arnold letterbook, 1775
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1775
Location: Augusta; Cambridge; Caratunk; Montreal; Norridgewock; Quebec; Saint-Henri; Sartigan; St. Maria; Waterville; Winslow
Media: Ink on paper
This record contains 147 images.
Item 21203
Poem from Josiah Pierce to Phebe Thompson, ca. 1786
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1786 Location: Baldwin; Woburn Media: Ink on paper
Item 48241
Parasol fashion doll, ca. 1794
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1794
Media: wood, silk
This record contains 2 images.
Item 135820
"Plants visited by Bees," Weld, 1980
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1980 Location: Weld Media: Pencil and watercolor on paper