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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 7980

Brown Co. Tug boat, 1926, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1926 Location: Portland Media: Photoprint

Item 7640

Orion at sea, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Media: Photoprint

Item 21562

South Portland Shipbuilding Corp., 1943

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1943 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 7637

Towboat Orion, Portland, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Media: Photoprint

Item 66282

Iron Works, Bath, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1935 Location: Bath Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 7981

Brown Co. tug, South Portland, ca. 1926

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1926 Location: South Portland; Portland Media: Photoprint

Item 18953

Ezra Haskell, Portland, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Portland Media: Oil on canvas

Item 11605

John Davison letter from Puerto Rico, 1844

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1844-02-01 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper

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Item 11607

John Davison letter from Veracruz, Mexico, February 17, 1846

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1846-02-17 Location: Augusta; Veracruz Media: Ink on paper

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Item 11612

John Davison letter from Savannah, Georgia, June 15, 1847

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1847-06-15 Location: Augusta; Savannah Media: Ink on paper

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Item 11613

John Davison letter from Boston, September 22, 1847

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1847-09-22 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper

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Item 11614

John Davison letter from Pattersonville, December 25, 1847

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1847-12-25 Location: Augusta; Pattersonville; Augusta; Pattersonville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 11615

John Davison letter from Demarara, Guyana, 1848

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1848-02-29 Location: Augusta; Demarara Media: Ink on paper

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Item 27037

Business Letter, Islesboro, 1898

Contributed by: Islesboro Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Islesboro Media: Ink on paper

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Item 15098

Your work means victory World War I poster, ca. 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1917 Media: Lithograph, poster

Item 8025

Marine boiler, Bay State side-wheeler, Portland, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Portland; Bath Media: Photoprint

Item 37112

Ferry “Eastport” drydocked, Lubec, ca. 1895, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Item 31940

Pike family, Lubec, ca. 1898

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1898 Location: Lubec Media: Photograph on card

Item 5586

Portrait of Lemuel Moody, 1826

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1826 Location: Portland Media: Oil on canvas

Item 8003

Menhaden steamer the Macomber, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Media: Photoprint

Item 58340

Shingle, Portland Observatory, ca. 1905

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Portland Media: Wood, paint

Item 11893

Steamer Ripogenus, Rockland, 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1917 Location: Rockland Media: Photographic print

Item 15052

Framing chisel, ca. 1825

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1825 Location: Cherryfield Media: Forged iron and steel

Item 11610

Letter from John Davison from New Orleans, May 12, 1847

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1847-05-12 Location: Augusta; New Orleans Media: Ink on paper

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