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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 28755

Ox Tail Curve on the Portland Division of the Yarmouth Railroad, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Yarmouth Media: Postcard

Item 15109

Be patriotic - sign your country's pledge to save the food, World War 1 poster, ca. 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1918 Media: Ink on paper, poster

Item 13995

Announcement to baggage agents, 1872

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1872 Location: Bangor; Bangor Media: Ink on paper

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Item 13993

Message from railroad baggage agent, Ogden, Utah, 1873

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1873 Location: Bangor; Ogden Media: Ink on paper

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Item 20651

Horse and sleigh, New Sweden, ca. 1930

Contributed by: New Sweden Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: New Sweden Media: Photographic print

Item 6760

Husking shed at the Jewett corn Factory, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: Norridgewock Media: Postcard

Item 13992

Schedule and instructions of baggage shipment, 1873

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1873 Location: Halifax; San Francisco Media: Ink on paper

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Item 15875

Girls haying, Sanford, ca. 1905

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Sanford Media: Print from glass negative

Item 16102

John Neal letter concerning son's death, 1856

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1856 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 17490

Dining Hall, Chautauqua, Fryeburg, 1889

Contributed by: Fryeburg Historical Society Date: 1889 Location: Fryeburg Media: Photographic print

Item 25604

Page from Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, Swan Island, 1859

Contributed by: Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands Date: 1859-05-07 Location: Richmond Media: Newsprint

Item 31023

Arno S. Chase greenhouse interior, Cumberland, 1930

Contributed by: Phil Chase through Prince Memorial Library Date: 1930 Location: Cumberland Media: Photographic print

Item 74463

Reddy Kilowatt lapel pin, ca. 1955

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1955 Media: Metal, gold filled

Item 33443

Merrill Memorial Monument, Cumberland Center, ca. 1928

Contributed by: Cumberland Historical Society Date: circa 1928 Location: Cumberland Media: Postcard

Item 33444

Merrill Memorial Monument, Cumberland Center, ca. 1928

Contributed by: Cumberland Historical Society Date: circa 1928 Location: Cumberland Media: Postcard

Item 66036

Charles Garcelon to father, Virginia, 1862

Contributed by: Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library Date: 1862 Location: Rappahannock Station Media: Ink on paper

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Item 4319

Plan of Freeport, ca. 1795

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1795 Location: Freeport; New Gloucester; Brunswick Media: Ink on paper

Item 6282

Lakewood Theater, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1935 Location: Skowhegan; Lakewood Media: Postcard

Item 6314

Lakewood Inn and Theatre, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1935 Location: Skowhegan; Lakewood Media: Postcard

Item 6347

Spohr's FALL OF BABYLON cover page, 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1880-06-16 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 6643

Webster-Ashburton Treaty cartoon, Fort Kent, ca. 1842

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1842 Location: Fort Kent Media: Pen and ink on paper

Item 8900

Benedict Arnold, ca. 1780

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1780 Media: Engraving, ink on paper

Item 9038

Madison Avenue, Skowhegan, after the blizzard of 1895

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: 1895 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print

Item 10813

President Jimmy Carter, Edmund Muskie, Washington, D.C., January 20, 1980

Contributed by: Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library Date: 1980-01-20 Location: Washington Media: Photographic print