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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 40454
Maine Centennial parade, Dawn of Discovery float, Portland, 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1920-07-05 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 100531
Letter concerning discovery of slate vein in Brownville, 1833
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1833-07-01 Location: Brownville Media: Ink on paper
Item 104678
Mount Washington Observatory, Conway, New Hampshire, 1936
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1936-12-15 Location: Conway Media: Glass Negative
Item 7489
Nova Anglia, Novum Belgium et Virginia, ca. 1642
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1642 Media: Map, ink on paper
Item 7491
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1650 Media: Map, ink on paper
Item 7492
Novi Belgii: Novaeque Angliae Nec Non partis Virginiae, ca. 1655
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1655 Media: Map, ink on paper
Item 7490
Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova, ca. 1635
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1635 Media: Map, ink on paper
Item 7494
Map of New England and New York, ca. 1676
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1676 Media: Ink on paper
Item 5279
Maine Centennial Parade float, 'Dawn of Discovery,' Portland, 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1920-07-05 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 6317
Thomas Steele "discovers" lake near Matagamon Lake, 1879
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1879 Location: Mattamiscontis Twp. Media: Ink on paper
Item 54886
The schooner 'Bowdoin' at sea, ca. 1925
Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: circa 1925 Media: Print
Item 54903
Schooner 'Bowdoin' departs from Castine, ca. 1950
Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: circa 1950 Location: Castine Media: Photographic print
Item 54904
Schooner 'Bowdoin' in winter quarters, Baffin Island, 1922
Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1922-04-02 Location: Bowdoin Harbor Media: Photographic print
Item 55106
The schooner 'Bowdoin' crew, 1939
Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1939 Media: Photo negative
Item 55119
Miriam and Donald MacMillan, Greenland, 1947
Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1947 Media: Photographic print
Item 55120
U.S.S. 'Bowdoin' crew, Greenland, 1941
Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1941 Media: Photo negative
Item 55121
Miriam MacMillan recording on 'Bowdoin,' 1947
Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1947 Location: Siorapadoo Media: Photo negative
Item 55122
Schooner 'Bowdoin,' Greenland, 1939, 1939
Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1939 Location: Kangerdluk Fjord Media: Photo negative
Item 76879
MacMillan navigating from 'ice bucket,' 1940
Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1940 Media: Transparency
Item 76975
Sailors watching iceberg from 'Bowdoin,' 1947
Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1947 Media: Transparency
Item 103814
MacMillan Arctic Expedition official farewell, Wiscasset, 1923
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1923-06-24 Location: Wiscasset Media: Glass Negative
Item 6360
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1600 Media: Ink on paper
Item 26180
Peary family members in Greenland, 1902
Contributed by: Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands Date: 1902 Media: Photographic print
Item 28768
Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary, ca. 1909
Contributed by: Maine State Museum Date: circa 1909 Media: Photographic print