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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 49684

Enoch Preble, Portland, ca. 1842

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1842 Location: Portland Media: Paint, cloth, canvas, wood

Item 66440

Prince's Cove, Eastport, ca. 1938

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

Item 78869

Vista with a four-masted schooner, Southwest Harbor, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: circa 1935 Location: Southwest Harbor Media: Postcard

Item 83298

Capt. Donald MacMillan with a group on the Bowdoin, 1922

Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: 1922 Location: Boothbay Harbor Media: Photographic print

Item 85250

Capt. Edward Stone deposition on 'Bohemian' wreck, Portland, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Ink on paper

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Item 85293

First Officer Trochs deposition on 'Bohemian' wreck, Portland, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Ink on paper

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Item 108672

Barque "Aberdeen" of Searsport Capt. N. Dunbar Naples 1874

Courtesy of Susan Curran White, an individual partner Date: 1874 Location: Searsport Media: Watercolor on paper

Item 135826

Peacock feather fan, ca. 1886

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1886 Location: Falmouth; Portland Media: Peacock feathers, wood, metal, silk

Item 148775

"Sunbeam III" moored in the harbor, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Maine Seacoast Mission Date: circa 1940 Media: Photographic print

Item 148776

"Sunbeam V" docked at Isle au Haut, ca. 2009

Contributed by: Maine Seacoast Mission Date: circa 2009 Location: Isle au Haut Media: Photographic print

Item 148790

Reverend Rob Benson and "Sunbeam" Nurse Sharon Daley R. N., Matinicus, 2008

Contributed by: Maine Seacoast Mission Date: circa 2008 Location: Matinicus Media: Photographic print

Item 148922

Captain David Allen and engineer Michael Johnson, ca. 2000

Contributed by: Maine Seacoast Mission Date: circa 2000 Media: Photographic print

Item 178

Portland Harbor ship list, 1828

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1828-11-30 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 1329

Pay voucher for the expenses of the ship the Albany, 1779

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1779-12-10 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 6197

Hanscom Shipyard, Eliot, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Eliot Baha'i Archives Date: circa 1900 Location: Eliot Media: Photographic print

Item 6296

Clam-digger, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Media: Etching

Item 6492

Orr's Island Wharf, ca. 1900

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

Item 6525

Popham Beach, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Popham Beach Media: Photoprint

Item 6640

Quadrant, 1770

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

Item 6658

John Quinby miniature, ca. 1800

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1800 Location: Portland Media: Watercolor on ivory

Item 6750

Portland Longshoremans Benevolent Society bylaws, 1881

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1881 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper, manuscript

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Item 14581

Shipwright's Slick, ca. 1830

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1830 Media: Cast steel, wood

Item 14585

Mastshave, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1850 Location: Buffalo Media: Cast steel, wood

Item 19245

John M. Dillingham to mother, March 1, 1863

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Freeport; Port Royal Media: Paper

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