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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 165
Signal flags, Portland Observatory, ca. 1810
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1810 Location: Portland Media: Art on paper
Item 27760
Coal docks, Factory Island, Biddeford, ca. 1912
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1912 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 177
Observatory timber contract, Portland, 1807
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1807-04-08 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 31751
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1917 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 11609
John Davison to wife from Veracruz, Mexico, March 28, 1847
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1847-03-28 Location: Augusta; Veracruz Media: Ink on paper
Item 6198
The Nightingale clipper ship, ca. 1880
Contributed by: Eliot Baha'i Archives Date: circa 1870 Location: Eliot Media: Transparency
Item 9368
Ship building agreement, Phippsburg, 1847
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1847 Location: Phippsburg; Bath Media: Ink on paper
Item 9287
Crew wages from the Schooner Susan, 1802
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1802-04-16 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 46064
Colson Boat Shop, Lubec, ca. 1978
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1978 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print
Item 108625
Hinkley Landing, West Georgetown, ca. 1915
Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1915 Location: Georgetown Media: Glass Plate Negative
Item 46070
"Chester L. Pike" hull at Colson Boat Shop, Lubec, ca. 1950, ca. 1950
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print
Item 82252
View northeast from Lynde Hotel, Rockland, ca. 1875
Contributed by: Rockland Historical Society Date: circa 1875 Location: Rockland Media: Stereograph
Item 21093
Contributed by: Great Harbor Maritime Museum Date: 1944-11-09 Location: Mount Desert Media: Photographic print
Item 31360
Captain Lyman W. Lyons, Hallowell, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1890 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print
Item 21096
Buoy Boat, Ellsworth, ca. 1943
Contributed by: Great Harbor Maritime Museum Date: circa 1943 Location: Mount Desert; Ellsworth Media: Photographic print
Item 21103
Buoy Boat on Union River, Mount Desert, ca. 1943
Contributed by: Great Harbor Maritime Museum Date: circa 1943 Location: Mount Desert; Ellsworth Media: Photographic print
Item 21105
Winch on 38' Buoy Boat, ca. 1943
Contributed by: Great Harbor Maritime Museum Date: circa 1943 Location: Mount Desert Media: Photographic print
Item 21107
Stern Area of Buoy Boat, ca. 1943
Contributed by: Great Harbor Maritime Museum Date: circa 1943 Location: Mount Desert Media: Photographic print
Item 19261
John G. Dillingham to Margaret Dillingham, December 14, 1861
Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Freeport; Bath; New York; Hamburg Media: Paper
Item 19267
Capt. John G. Dillingham to his wife, June 27, 1861
Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Freeport; Callao Media: Paper
Item 21563
Pipeline Terminal, South Portland, 1951
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1951 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 6156
Signals at Portland Observatory, 1807
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1807 Location: Portland; Cape Elizabeth Media: watercolor on paper
Item 21558
Hull 48, South Portland Shipbuilding Corp., 1943
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1943 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 11603
Letter from John Davison to Eliza Ann Davison, New York, January 8, 1844
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1844-01-08 Location: New York; Augusta Media: Ink on paper