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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 8868

Preparing 'Gov. Ames' for launching, Leavitt Storer shipyard, Waldoboro, 1888

Contributed by: Maine Maritime Museum Date: 1888-12-01 Location: Waldoboro Media: Albumen print

Item 36116

Capt. John Curtis letter to wife, Mobile, Ala., 1861

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861-01-21 Location: Brunswick Media: Ink on paper

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Item 80416

Letter to Wilmot Greenleaf from Florence Jewett, 1848

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1848 Location: Westport Island; Boston; Bath Media: Ink on paper

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Item 88029

'David Cohen' before launching, Dennysville, ca. 1918

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: 1918 Location: Dennysville Media: Glass Negative

Item 28278

Schooner Fred B. Balano, Lubec, ca. 1905

Contributed by: Margaret Bailey through Lubec Memorial Library Date: circa 1905 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Item 98687

Passenger Steamer Islander II leaving Boothbay Harbor, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Boothbay Harbor; East Boothbay; Bath; Augusta Media: Glass Negative

Item 27766

Schooner Petrel at Biddeford Pool wharf, 1911

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1911 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 101827

"The Owners Ship Eagle in Account Current with Henry Skinner," 1791

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1791 Location: Havana Media: Ink on paper

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Item 82331

Launch of the Elvira J. French, East Boothbay, 1890

Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: 1890-08-27 Location: East Boothbay Media: Photographic print

Item 27637

Freight List, Steamer Cumberland, Lubec, 1893

Contributed by: Lubec Memorial Library Date: 1893-08-31 Location: Lubec Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102024

Letter from Thomas Hodges to Captain Henry Skinner, Portland, 1791

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1791 Location: Les Cayes Media: Ink on paper

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Item 16114

Sullivan Quarries, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Sullivan and Sorrento Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Sullivan; Sorrento Media: Photographic print

Item 20974

John Dillingham on economics of shipping, 1848

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1848-04-27 Location: Philadelphia; Freeport Media: Ink on paper

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Item 27760

Coal docks, Factory Island, Biddeford, ca. 1912

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1912 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 15194

George Partelow, Machias, 1865

Contributed by: City of Brewer Date: 1865 Location: Brewer; Machias Media: Photographic print

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 36118

Capt. John Curtis to wife, New York, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-06-04 Location: New York Media: Ink on paper

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Item 61864

Quarry boat loaded with granite stone, Swan's Island, 1900

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Item 101784

Thomas Reed to Thomas Robison regarding the Caribbean economy and slave market, Sint Eustatius, 1791

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1791 Location: Havana Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10678

Schooner Julia Frances at Kennebunkport, 1889

Contributed by: Brick Store Museum Date: 1889 Location: Kennebunkport Media: Photographic print

Item 19266

John G. Dillingham letter to his wife, October 20, 1861

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Freeport; Queenstown; Cork; Cape Horn; Antwerp Media: Paper

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Item 49678

Nathaniel Sherburne Rogers, Mount Vernon, ca. 1840

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1840 Location: Mount Vernon Media: Paint, canvas, pine

Item 34521

American Can plant and Johnson Bay, Lubec, ca. 1930, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Item 16456

Deacon's Harbor on Clark Point, Southwest Harbor, 1891

Contributed by: Southwest Harbor Public Library Date: 1891-08-12 Location: Southwest Harbor Media: Photographic print