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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 135782

Dining Room (West Wall), Yellow House, Gardiner, ca. 1985

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1985 Location: Gardiner Media: photographic print

Item 135774

Kitchen, Yellow House, Gardiner, ca. 1985

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1985 Location: Gardiner Media: photographic print

Item 135786

Dining Room, Yellow House, Gardiner, ca. 1985

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1985 Location: Gardiner Media: photographic print

Item 80973

Ruth Mayhew letter to Rebecca Usher, Ottawa, Kansas, 1866

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1866 Location: Hollis; Ottawa Media: Ink on paper

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Item 68442

Family writes to Charles Cole in Washington, DC Oct 1862

Contributed by: John Micavich through Sebago Historical Society Date: 1862-10-26 Location: Sebago; Washington; Gaines Woods Media: Ink on paper

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Item 54456

W.B. Adams on long marches, Virginia, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Wheatland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 64488

Lt. John Sheahan advice to father on buying house, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Petersburg; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 64614

POW John Sheahan to Lizzie Shriver, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Columbia; Westminster Media: Ink on paper

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Item 64620

John P. Sheahan on court martial, Virginia, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Alexandria; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 97594

Pvt. John Sheahan advice to not enlist, Virginia, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Dennysville; Warrenton Media: Ink on paper

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Item 135779

North Parlour (West View) [wide view of piano displaying full windows on either side], Yellow House, Gardiner, ca. 1985

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1985 Location: Gardiner Media: photographic print

Item 135778

Front Entry, Yellow House, Gardiner, ca. 1985

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1985 Location: Gardiner Media: photographic print

Item 9301

Letter from Luther Lawrence to his father, June 2, 1861

Contributed by: North Yarmouth Historical Society Date: 1861-06-02 Location: Pownal; Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 135780

North Parlour (West View), Yellow House, Gardiner, ca. 1985

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1985 Location: Gardiner Media: photographic print

Item 135784

Pantry, Yellow House, Gardiner, ca. 1985

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1985 Location: Gardiner Media: photographic print

Item 35830

Marshall Phillips letter from Washington, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Washington Media: Ink on paper

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Item 35833

Marshall Phillips on Spotsylvania, Virginia, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Media: Pencil on paper

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Item 64463

John P. Sheahan on sorrow at brother's death, Virginia, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Warrenton; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 65604

Eben Calderwood on arrival in New Orleans, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Vinalhaven; New Orleans Media: Ink on paper

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Item 81017

Rebecca Usher on history of military hospital, Pennsylvania, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Portland; Chester Media: Ink on paper

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Item 135789

North Bedroom, Yellow House, Gardiner, ca. 1985

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1985 Location: Gardiner Media: photographic print

Item 135787

North Parlour (North View), Yellow House, Gardiner, ca. 1985

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1985 Location: Gardiner Media: photographic print

Item 81015

Rebecca Usher description of military hospital, Pennsylvania, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Buxton; Chester Media: Ink on paper

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Item 34153

John French letter to brother, 1862

Contributed by: Fifth Maine Regiment Museum Date: 1862-01-25 Location: Albion Media: Ink on paper

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