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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 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 9162
Maine Medical Center telephone service, Portland, 1959
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1959 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 8261
Contributed by: Patten Lumbermen's Museum Date: 1914 Media: Photographic print
Item 61877
Lillian 'Lil' Smith, telephone operator for Swan's Island, ca. 1950
Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print
Item 61878
Gwen May remembers working the Swan's Island telephone switchboard in the 1960s
Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1960 Location: Swan's Island Media: Mp3
Item 25449
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1962 Location: Andover Media: Photographic print
Item 18050
Telephone Central Office Building, Lewiston, 1903
Contributed by: Telephone Museum Date: 1903 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print
Item 26106
Telstar Earth Station, Andover, ca. 1962
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1962 Location: Andover Media: Postcard
Item 18051
Switchboard operators, Lewiston, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Telephone Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Lewiston; Ellsworth Media: Photographic print
Item 18053
Winnie McCarthy, Lewiston, ca. 1911
Contributed by: Telephone Museum Date: circa 1911 Location: Lewiston; Ellsworth Media: Photographic print
Item 25461
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1962 Location: Andover Media: Photographic print
Item 9643
Margaret Chase Smith shows off Telstar, 1962
Contributed by: Margaret Chase Smith Library Date: 1962-08-01 Location: Skowhegan; Andover Media: Photographic print
Item 18078
Switchboard and Sub-set, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Telephone Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Ellsworth; Lewiston Media: Photographic print
Item 26104
Andover Earth Station, ca. 1962
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1962 Location: Andover Media: Postcard
Item 25450
Satellite System Earth Station, Andover, 1962
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1962 Location: Andover Media: Photographic print
Item 5895
Comsat radome receiver station, Andover, 1980
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1980-09-17 Location: Andover Media: Photographic print
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 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 26102
Earth Station Radome, Andover, ca. 1962
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1962 Location: Andover Media: Postcard
Item 18054
Contributed by: Telephone Museum Date: 1912-09-10 Location: Lewiston; Ellsworth Media: Photographic print
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
