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Keywords: Merchant shipping

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

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Item 9611

Ship's receipt, Antwerp, 1860

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1860-04-03 Location: Antwerp Media: Ink on paper

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Item 18918

Theodore Barrell letter on shipping interests, 1783

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1783 Location: Boston; York Media: Ink on paper

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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

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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

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Item 15189

John Jenners, ca. 1864

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

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Item 9614

Receipt, Liverpool, 1864

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1864-03-11 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 8862

Five-mast steel schooner KINEO under sail, ca. 1910

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

Item 20563

Ship Sam Skolfield, ca. 1880

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

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Item 9630

'Rising Sun' log book, 1863

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1863 Location: Callao; Cork; Queenstown Media: Ink on paper

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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

Luder Hopkins, ca. 1865

Contributed by: City of Brewer Date: circa 1865 Location: Brewer Media: Photographic print