Keywords: Merchant shipping
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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 20176
St. Leon merchant ship, Castine, 1835
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1835 Location: Castine Media: Photographic print
Item 100301
Letter from J.W. Jones to Robert Tate, West Indies, 1803
Contributed by: Tate House Museum Date: 1803-03-09 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 9611
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1860-04-03 Location: Antwerp Media: Ink on paper
Item 18918
Theodore Barrell letter on shipping interests, 1783
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1783 Location: Boston; York Media: Ink on paper
Item 20555
Merchant ship from the Skolfield fleet, ca. 1860
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1860 Location: Brunswick; Harpswell Media: Photographic print
Item 9612
Receipt from Rising Sun, Doel, Belgium, 1860
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1860 Location: Doel Media: Ink on paper
Item 20974
John Dillingham on economics of shipping, 1848
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1848-04-27 Location: Philadelphia; Freeport Media: Ink on paper
Item 15189
Contributed by: City of Brewer Date: circa 1864 Location: Brewer Media: Photographic print
Item 61864
Quarry boat loaded with granite stone, Swan's Island, 1900
Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print
Item 7467
Launching of the four-mast bark ROANOKE, Bath, 1892
Contributed by: Maine Maritime Museum Date: 1892-09-20 Location: Bath Media: Glass Negative
Item 48262
"Grace Davis," France, ca. 1879
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1879 Location: Portland Media: Oil, canvas, pine
Item 100333
Portuguese coin, Portland, 1752
Contributed by: Tate House Museum Date: 1752 Location: Portland Media: Copper
Item 9613
Receipt, Chincha Islands, 1861
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1861-04-09 Media: Ink on paper
Item 9614
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1864-03-11 Media: Ink on paper
Item 8862
Five-mast steel schooner KINEO under sail, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Maine Maritime Museum Date: circa 1910 Media: Photographic print
Item 20563
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1880 Location: Brunswick; Harpswell Media: Photographic print
Item 73325
Steamship "Medomsley," Portland Harbor, ca. 1926
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1926 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 104716
Ship "Fannie Tucker," ca. 1875
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1875 Location: Wiscasset Media: Oil on canvas
Item 26299
Captain William J. Lermond and Officers, ca. 1885
Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1885 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print
Item 74527
Letter introducing ship merchant to Gen. Shepley, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-11-28 Location: New Orleans Media: Ink on paper
Item 9630
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1863 Location: Callao; Cork; Queenstown Media: Ink on paper
Item 10667
Wreck of the schooner Empress, Kennebunkport, 1891
Contributed by: Brick Store Museum Date: 1891-10-28 Location: Kennebunkport Media: Photographic print
Item 26297
Baring Brothers Launch, Thomaston 1877
Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: 1877 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print
Item 15215
Contributed by: City of Brewer Date: circa 1865 Location: Brewer Media: Photographic print