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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 22266

J.T. Morse at Seal Harbor, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Great Harbor Maritime Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Mount Desert Media: Postcard

Item 105208

Marie Antoinette house, North Edgecomb, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1793 Location: North Edgecomb Media: Postcard

Item 19268

Letter written by John M. Dillingham to his mother Margaret, May 24, 1861

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Freeport; Chinchas Islands; Yarmouth Media: Paper

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Item 66239

Campground, Acadia National Park, ca. 1935

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

Item 4130

Soule fabric valentine, ca. 1882

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1882 Location: Portland Media: Textile

Item 78962

Steamer "J.T. Morse" leaving Northeast Harbor, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Southwest Harbor Media: Photographic print

Item 80738

Letter box, Passamaquoddy, 1905

Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: 1905 Media: Birch bark, ash, sweetgrass

Item 148615

Congress Street on D-Day, Portland, 1944

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1944-06-06 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 21162

Arethusa III, ca. 1968

Contributed by: Great Harbor Maritime Museum Date: circa 1968 Location: Mount Desert Media: Photographic print

Item 22220

Clifton House, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1905

Contributed by: Great Harbor Maritime Museum Date: circa 1905 Location: Mount Desert Media: Photographic print

Item 101522

Private Elmer Greenleaf and Forest Lewis, Fort Devens, ca. 1918

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: circa 1918 Location: Westport Island; Ayer Media: Photographic print

Item 19269

John G. Dillingham letter to wife, May 9, 1861

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Freeport; Chinchas Islands; Cape Horn Media: Paper

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Item 22416

J. M. Dillingham letter to mother, October 1861

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Freeport; Queenstown; Cork; Antwerp Media: Ink on paper

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Item 23989

Dock at Northeast Harbor, ca. 1903

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1903 Location: Mount Desert Media: Postcard

Item 66257

Bathing beach, Bar Harbor, ca. 1935

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

Item 79809

Letter to Sarah Tarbox from cousin Warren Brown, 1848

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1848-06-20 Location: Westport; Chepachet; Kennebunk Media: Ink on paper

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Item 80706

Wabanaki encampment, ca. 1000 BCE

Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: circa 1000 BCE Media: Acrylic on paper

Item 22230

Postcard advertising Maine, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Great Harbor Maritime Museum Date: circa 1930 Media: Postcard

Item 21120

Rambler, Mount Desert, 1953

Contributed by: Great Harbor Maritime Museum Date: 1953 Location: Mount Desert Media: Photographic print

Item 22074

Gilpatrick's Cove and Rock End Dock, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Great Harbor Maritime Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Mount Desert Media: Photographic print

Item 22106

Bunker and Ellis Rambler, Mount Desert, 1952

Contributed by: Great Harbor Maritime Museum Date: 1952 Location: Southwest Harbor Media: Photographic print

Item 57190

Drs. Eben and DaCosta Bennet, Lubec, ca. 1928, ca. 1928

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1928 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Item 68229

Letter on trip from Portland to Washington D. C., 1862

Contributed by: John Micavich through Sebago Historical Society Date: 1862-10-21 Location: Sebago; Boston; Fall River; Jersey City; New York; Baltimore; Philadelphia; Washington Media: Ink on paper

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Item 80407

A cousin's "letter of counseling" to Sarah Tarbox, 1846

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1846-02-11 Location: Westport Island; Wiscasset Media: Ink on paper

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