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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 26587

Box of Matches Wrapped for Polar Climate, 1906

Contributed by: Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands Date: 1906 Media: Wood, canvas

Item 28768

Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary, ca. 1909

Contributed by: Maine State Museum Date: circa 1909 Media: Photographic 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 28774

Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary in dress uniform, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Maine State Museum Date: circa 1910 Media: Photographic print

Item 83298

Capt. Donald MacMillan with a group on the Bowdoin, 1922

Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: 1922 Location: Boothbay Harbor Media: Photographic print

Item 76976

Inuit man aboard 'Bowdoin,' 1947

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1947 Location: Thule Media: Transparency

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 54915

The schooner 'Bowdoin' at sea, 1934

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1934 Media: Photographic print

Item 54927

Inuit aboard schooner 'Bowdoin,' West Greenland, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: circa 1940 Media: Photo negative

Item 102275

Portland Company shop drawing of a ship boiler, Portland, 1905

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1905 Location: Portland Media: Ink on Linen

Item 103851

MacMillan Expedition provisions, Wiscasset, 1923

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1923-06-26 Location: Wiscasset Media: Glass Negative

Item 103923

MacMillan Expedition provisions, Wiscasset, 1923

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1923-06-26 Location: Wiscasset Media: Glass Negative

Item 102274

Portland Company engineering drawing for the boiler in Admiral Peary's "SS Roosevelt," Portland, 1904

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1904 Location: Portland Media: Ink on Linen

Item 11237

Flag from North Pole, Augusta, 1982

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1982-06-27 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print

Item 6360

Samuel de Champlain, ca. 1600

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1600 Media: Ink on paper

Item 28940

Exploring an Inuit grave on Eskimo Island, Labrador, 1891

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1891 Location: Eskimo Island Media: Paper, photograph

Item 26180

Peary family members in Greenland, 1902

Contributed by: Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands Date: 1902 Media: Photographic print

Item 23295

Naval Officers, Wiscasset, 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1925 Location: Wiscasset Media: Glass Negative

Item 55106

The schooner 'Bowdoin' crew, 1939

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1939 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 23753

Maude Fisher, Wiscasset, 1926

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1926-06-19 Location: Wiscasset Media: Glass Negative

Item 54914

Fox pelts in rigging of 'Bowdoin,' Baffin Island, 1922

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1922 Location: Bowdoin Harbor Media: Photographic print

Item 13641

George Wardwell snowshoes, Bucksport, ca. 1909

Contributed by: Bucksport Historical Society Date: circa 1909 Location: Bucksport Media: Wood, leather

Item 12591

Capt. MacMillan departure, Wiscasset, 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1925 Location: Wiscasset Media: Glass Negative