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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 6184

Municipal organist Gerald McGee, Portland, ca. 1986

Contributed by: Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ Date: circa 1986 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 11774

May Fellows, Skowhegan, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1883 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print

Item 27800

Second Band, Lubec, 1887

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1887 Location: Lubec Media: Photograph on card

Item 148464

Hand drum by James Eric Francis, Sr., Old Town, 2018

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2018 Location: Old Town Media: Deer hide, wood, acrylic paint
This record contains 3 images.

Item 148467

Toy violin, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Limerick Media: Metal, wood, wire

Item 6333

Haydn Association membership ticket, Portland, 1871

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1871 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 148418

Rattle by Peter Moore, Sipayik, 2018

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2018 Location: Pleasant Point Media: Wood, leather, glass, sinew
This record contains 6 images.

Item 29441

Alice Furbish and Gertrude Simpson, Brunswick, ca. 1889

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1889 Location: Brunswick; Portland; Bangor Media: Photographic print

Item 63063

Marguerite Staples on "Ice cream socials," Swan's Island, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Swan's Island Media: Mp3

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Item 19164

Grace Skinner letter to uncle, 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1900 Location: Lewiston; Saco Media: Ink on paper

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Item 42201

'Mansion House March,' 1915

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1915 Location: Poland Spring Media: Ink on paper

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Item 21656

South Portland Band, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 19166

Allen Winslow to Burton Winslow, 1904

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1904 Location: Auburn; Saco Media: Ink on paper

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Item 6449

Music Around the Wood Stove, Parsonsfield, ca. 1899

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: circa 1899 Location: Parsonsfield Media: Glass Negative

Item 7207

Cyrus H.K. Curtis and his daughter Mary Louise, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Media: Photographic print

Mystery Corner Item

Item 101513

The "German Band," Fortune's Rocks, ca. 1910

Mystery Corner Item Was this a band? Who are the musicians?

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Biddeford Media: Glass Negative

Item 6819

Hermann Kotzschmar, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Portland Public Library Date: circa 1890 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 31002

Lauzon's Ensemble, Biddeford, 1933

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1933 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 17825

Violin, Double Sided, ca. 1900

Contributed by: New Sweden Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: New Sweden Media: Wood

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Item 7600

Good Will Girls Around the Piano, ca. 1916

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: circa 1916 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print

Item 6181

Portland Municipal Orchestra, ca. 1928

Contributed by: Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ Date: circa 1928 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 30071

Bands marching through Sanford Square, 1955

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: 1955 Location: Sanford Media: Photo transparency

Item 18964

Building of Arts, Bar Harbor, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Postcard

Item 6818

Hermann Kotzschmar, Portland, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Portland Public Library Date: circa 1895 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print