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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 100052

John O. Crummett letter about Black soldiers, war, Kentucky, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: China Media: Ink on paper

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Item 29285

Cpl. Herbert Windom, North Yarmouth, 1942

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1942 Location: North Yarmouth Media: Photographic print

Item 29286

Soldiers, North Yarmouth, 1942

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1942-07-04 Location: North Yarmouth Media: Photographic print

Item 108716

"The Meeting House 2; All Present" by Daniel Minter, Portland, 2020

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 105926

George Floyd mural, Portland, 2020

Courtesy of Kathy Bolduc Amoroso, an individual partner Date: 2020-06-09 Location: Portland Media: Digital photograph

Item 29284

Cpl. Eugene Edey and Claudia Atkins, North Yarmouth, 1942

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1942 Location: North Yarmouth Media: Photographic print

Item 105932

Black Guard soldiers at the station, Morkill, ca. 1943

Contributed by: Monson Historical Society Date: circa 1943 Location: Monson Media: photographic print

Item 75

Soldiers, North Yarmouth, 1942

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1942 Location: North Yarmouth Media: Photographic print

Item 34723

Black Power banner, Waterville, 1970

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1970 Location: Waterville Media: Cotton

Item 73

Chadwick brothers, Portland, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 105938

Soldiers on guard, Monson, ca. 1942

Contributed by: Monson Historical Society Date: circa 1942 Location: Monson Media: photographic print

Item 53713

Alpha Rho Upsilon, Bowdoin College, 1948

Contributed by: Bowdoin College Library Date: 1948 Location: Brunswick Media: Ink on paper

Item 105855

Roscoe McMillan, North Yarmouth, 1942

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1942 Location: North Yarmouth Media: Photographic print

Item 105864

PFC Dawson Carney, North Yarmouth, 1942

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1942 Location: North Yarmouth Media: Photographic print

Item 105860

Pvt. Charles Rountree, North Yarmouth, 1942

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1942 Location: North Yarmouth Media: Photographic print

Item 105854

Robert Holley, North Yarmouth, 1942

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1942 Location: North Yarmouth Media: Photographic print

Item 9245

Creation of the Abyssinian Congregational Church, Portland, 1835

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1835-07-27 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 55494

John Sheahan on conditions in Maryland, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Washington; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 18993

Pfc. Leonard Parks, North Yarmouth, 1942

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1942 Location: North Yarmouth Media: Photographic print

Item 105943

Guarding the railways, Morkill, ca. 1942

Contributed by: Monson Historical Society Date: circa 1942 Location: Morkill Media: photographic print

Item 67667

Black troops in camp, ca. 1863

Contributed by: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division through Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Media: Digital image of stereograph

Item 6644

Human neck shackle, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Pontchartrain Media: Iron

Mystery Corner Item

Item 6318

Maine State Prison barber, Thomaston, ca. 1900

Mystery Corner Item What is this man's name?

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Thomaston Media: Stereograph

Item 105936

Guard stationed at Onawa Trestle, Morkill, ca. 1942

Contributed by: Monson Historical Society Date: circa 1942 Location: Morkill Media: photographic print