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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 9221

Copy of a letter on backlots near Kennebec River, 1774

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1774 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9568

King's Pine Journal, Brunswick, 1768

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1768 Location: Brunswick Media: Paper, ink

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Item 10036

Olof O. Nylander and photographer Delmar B. Lovejoy, Presque Isle, 1933, 1933

Contributed by: Nylander Museum Date: 1933-08-20 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print

Item 10040

Volcanic crater, Winterville, 1932

Contributed by: Nylander Museum Date: circa 1932 Location: Winterville Media: Photographic print

Item 14312

Andrew Berry, Smyrna, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1895 Location: Smyrna Media: Photographic print

Item 22466

Militia Soldiers at Prouts Neck, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Scarborough Media: Watercolor on paper

Item 22488

Southwest Branch of the St. John River, 1845

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1845 Media: Ink on paper

Item 22491

Alexander W. Longfellow, Portland, ca. 1825

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1825 Location: Portland Media: Watercolor

Item 28423

John Quincy Adams instruction on northeast boundary, 1823

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1823 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 54901

Schooner 'Bowdoin' launch, East Boothbay, 1921

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1921-04-09 Location: East Boothbay Media: Photographic print

Item 54902

Schooner 'Bowdoin' in drydock, South Portland, 1921

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1921 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 116522

Drummond's Island, Lesser and Greater Manitou, ca. 1820

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1820 Media: Ink on paper

Item 13640

Slide projector, Bucksport, ca. 1908

Contributed by: Bucksport Historical Society Date: circa 1908 Location: Bucksport Media: Metal and wood

Item 23994

Fernald's Point, Southwest Harbor, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: 1613 Location: Southwest Harbor Media: Postcard

Item 54916

Inuit woman and children on 'Bowdoin,' northwest Greenland, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: circa 1950 Media: Transparency

Item 55118

Miriam MacMillan at the wheel, Northwest Greenland, 1948

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1948 Media: Photo negative

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 6416

Mount Ktaadn from W. Butterfield's near the Grand Schoodic Lake, 1836

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1836 Media: Ink on paper

Mystery Corner Item

Item 33664

Lewis Litchfield, Scarborough, ca. 1958

Mystery Corner Item Who is with Lewis Litchfield?

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1958 Location: Scarborough Media: Photographic print

Item 6641

Compass, Westbrook, ca. 1800

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1800 Location: Westbrook Media: Metal, paper, wood

Item 10977

Unusual archaeological site found, 1980

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1980-10-16 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print

Item 11833

Index Map of International Boundary, 1930

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1930 Media: Ink on paper, map

Item 13932

Mariner's Compass, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Media: Brass, glass, wood

Item 82099

Champlain Society Records and Yacht Log, Mount Desert Island, 1881

Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: 1881 Location: Mount Desert Island Media: Bound book, ink on paper

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