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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 36613

Masons and stone cutters banner, Portland, 1841

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1841 Location: Portland Media: Oil on linen

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Item 102549

"For Every Fighter A Woman Worker" Y.W.C.A. World War I poster, 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1918 Media: Ink on paper

Item 5626

Strike at St. Regis Paper, Bucksport, 1979

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1979 Location: Bucksport Media: Photographic print

Item 35011

John and Sarah Williams Young, Hallowell, ca. 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1864 Location: Hallowell Media: Ambrotype

Item 101371

Hauling fish with drudge-barrow, Monhegan, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Monhegan Museum Date: circa 1880 Location: Monhegan Media: Photographic print

Item 61865

Eva Wheaton on quarry boarding house, Swan's Island, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Swan's Island Media: Mp3

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Item 78918

Bag Mill bachelor housing, Rumford, 1946

Contributed by: Greater Rumford Area Historical Society Date: 1946-08-08 Location: Rumford Media: Photographic print

Item 61854

Albert Buswell telling about sheep shearing on Swan's Island, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: 1940–1949 Location: Swan's Island Media: Mp3

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Item 19268

Letter written by John M. Dillingham to his mother Margaret, May 24, 1861

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Freeport; Chinchas Islands; Yarmouth Media: Paper

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Item 149026

A yarding crew in the Maine woods, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Acadian Archives Date: circa 1910 Media: Photographic postcard; hand colored

Item 148240

Construction of Maine Central Railroad depot on Congress Street, Portland, 1887

Contributed by: City of Portland - Planning & Development Date: 1887-08-09 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 22730

Mill Street, Brunswick, 1936

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1936 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Item 10707

Indenture for Ebenezer Dunton, April 7, 1794

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1794-04-07 Location: Thomaston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 99121

Merrill Slate Quarry workers, Brownville, ca. 1868

Contributed by: Maine Historic Preservation Commission Date: circa 1868 Location: Brownville Media: Stereograph

Item 99122

Two quarry workers, Brownville, ca. 1868

Contributed by: Maine Historic Preservation Commission Date: circa 1868 Location: Brownville Media: Stereograph

Item 80986

Frank Moore letter to Rebecca Usher, New York, 1866

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Location: Portland; New York Media: Ink on paper

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Item 108738

John Bundy Brown's home, "Bramhall," Portland, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

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 102559

Remember Belgium propaganda poster, ca. 1918

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

Item 63562

Gen. O.O. Howard funeral, Burlington, Vt., 1909

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1909-10-29 Location: Burlington Media: Photographic print

Item 63563

Gen. Oliver Otis Howard funeral, Vermont, 1909

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1909-10-29 Location: Burlington Media: Photographic print

Item 6906

The Dairy, Alfred Shakers, ca. 1915

Contributed by: United Society of Shakers Date: circa 1915 Location: Alfred Media: Slide from a film negative

Item 82346

Town of Berwick receipts and expenditures, 1857

Contributed by: Berwick Historical Society Date: 1857 Location: Berwick Media: Ink on paper

Item 82366

Town report, Berwick, 1860

Contributed by: Berwick Historical Society Date: 1860 Location: Berwick Media: Ink on paper

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