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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 27088

Post Office Boxes, Islesboro, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Islesboro Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Islesboro Media: Wood, glass, metal

Item 18091

Switchboard operators, Lewiston, ca. 1893

Contributed by: Telephone Museum Date: circa 1893 Location: Lewiston; Ellsworth Media: Photographic print

Item 18054

Telephone System Model, 1912

Contributed by: Telephone Museum Date: 1912-09-10 Location: Lewiston; Ellsworth Media: Photographic print

Item 102783

You Wireless Fans, Help the Navy get the Hun Submarine World War I poster, ca. 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1918 Media: Lithograph

Item 8261

Train board, traces out, 1914

Contributed by: Patten Lumbermen's Museum Date: 1914 Media: Photographic print

Item 11319

Longfellow Stamp First Day Cover, 1940

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1940-02-16 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9077

Looking Southwesterly from Elm Street, Skowhegan, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1900 Location: Skowhegan Media: Stereograph

Item 34778

Telephone operator's building, Lincoln, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Lincoln Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Lincoln Media: Photographic print

Item 106

United States Army biplane, ca. 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1927 Media: Glass Negative

Item 27109

Telephone Switchboard, Islesboro, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Islesboro Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: Islesboro Media: Wood, metal, cord

Item 27110

Telephone Booth, Islesboro, ca. 1919

Contributed by: Islesboro Historical Society Date: circa 1919 Location: Islesboro Media: Metal, wood, glass

Item 7957

Visit the Longfellow House poster, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1935 Location: Portland Media: Poster

Item 68406

Radio direction finder station, Cape Elizabeth, 1939

Contributed by: National Archives at Boston Date: 1939-09-14 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Photographic print

Item 68407

Radio direction finder station, Winter Harbor, 1939

Contributed by: National Archives at Boston Date: 1939-09-14 Location: Winter Harbor Media: Photographic print

Item 74543

Gen. G.F. Shepley on New Orleans levees, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-12-29 Location: New Orleans; Charles Parish Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9162

Maine Medical Center telephone service, Portland, 1959

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1959 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 26104

Andover Earth Station, ca. 1962

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1962 Location: Andover Media: Postcard

Item 7384

Washington bicentennial bronze medallion, 1932

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1932 Media: Bronze

Item 7956

Sarah Lewis Merry's penmanship exercise, 1817

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1817 Media: Ink, watercolor on paper, phototransparency

Item 26103

'Big Bubble,' Andover, ca. 1962

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1962 Location: Andover Media: Postcard

Item 25451

Telstar antenna model, Andover, 1962

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1962 Location: Andover Media: Photographic print

Item 67313

Radio station crew, Otter Cliffs, 1919

Contributed by: National Archives at Boston Date: 1919-03-06 Media: Photographic print

Item 18880

Jean-Baptiste Couture, Lewiston, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: circa 1900 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print

Item 103625

Thomas O'Reilly, Portland, ca. 1924

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1924 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative