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These results include photographs, documents, letters, paintings, artifacts, and many other kinds of Maine related items from collections around the state and elsewhere.


Item 116522

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

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

Item 55120

U.S.S. 'Bowdoin' crew, Greenland, 1941

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1941 Media: Photo negative

Item 6640

Quadrant, 1770

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1770 Location: Boston Media: Pine covered with paper

Item 11274

Chesuncook Settlement, 1905

Contributed by: Baxter State Park Date: 1905 Media: Photographic print

Item 14610

Surveyor's compass, Fort Kent, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Fort Kent Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Fort Kent Media: Metal, glass

Item 18429

Surveyor's compass, Portland, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1836 Location: Portland Media: Brass, wood, glass

Item 34714

John Winter invoices, Richmond Island, 1634

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1634 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10035

Nadeau Lake lime deposit, 1925

Contributed by: Nylander Museum Date: 1925 Location: Fort Fairfield; Fort Fairfield Media: Photographic print

Item 18420

Banner du Institut Jacques Cartier, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: circa 1900 Location: Lewiston Media: Silk

Item 82097

Champlain Club camp and yacht log, Mount Desert Island, 1880

Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: 1880 Location: Mount Desert Island Media: Ink on paper

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Item 82098

Champlain Society Camp log, Mount Desert Island, 1881

Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: 1881 Location: Mount Desert Island Media: Ink on paper with photographs

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Item 101881

Champlain Society Meteorological Records, Northeast Harbor, 1879

Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: 1879 Location: Mount Desert; Bar Harbor Media: Ink on paper, bound

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Item 105350

Survey of two townships on the Kennebec River, 1790

Contributed by: Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education Date: 1790 Location: Madison; Cornville Media: Ink on Paper

Item 104938

"New England the Most Remarqueable Parts Thus Named," 1637

Contributed by: Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education Date: circa 1614 Media: Engraving

Item 17401

Falls of the Du Loup, ca. 1841

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1841 Media: Transparency

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 11101

Louis Oakes, Greenville, ca. 1921

Contributed by: Moosehead Historical Society Date: circa 1921 Location: Greenville Media: Photographic print

Item 11823

Champlain map copy, St. Croix or Bone Island, ca. 1799

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1613 Media: Ink on paper

Item 20763

Penobscot River and Chesuncook Lake, 1820

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

Item 20766

Manuscript Map of Moose River, Moosehead Lake, and Kennebeck Road, 1820

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