Keywords: Merchant Ships
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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
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
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
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
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
Item 16114
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
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
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
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
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