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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

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Item 31751

Boats on Saco River, ca. 1917

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

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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

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Item 9287

Crew wages from the Schooner Susan, 1802

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1802-04-16 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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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

Tender, Mt. Desert, 1944

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

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Item 19267

Capt. John G. Dillingham to his wife, June 27, 1861

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Freeport; Callao Media: Paper

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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

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