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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.


Mystery Corner Item

Item 104672

Beryl Markham with spectators, 1936

Mystery Corner Item Do you know where this was taken?

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1936-09-06 Media: glass negative

Mystery Corner Item

Item 104673

Beryl Markham, 1936

Mystery Corner Item Do you know where this was taken?

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1936-09-06 Media: glass negative

Mystery Corner Item

Item 104671

Beryl Markham, 1936

Mystery Corner Item Do you know where this was taken?

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1936 Media: glass negative

Item 17278

Bedroom where Lillian Nordica, famous opera singer, was born, 1857

Contributed by: Nordica Memorial Association Date: 1857-12-12 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print

Item 103773

Joan Bennett, Portland, 1936

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1936-12-15 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 13295

Silhouettes of the Famous Class of 1825, Bowdoin College, ca. 1825

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1825 Location: Brunswick Media: Ink on paper

Item 8148

Williams Block, Skowhegan, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1850 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print

Mystery Corner Item

Item 104787

Ruth Nichols, Clarence Chamberlain, and unidentified pilot, ca. 1935

Mystery Corner Item Do you know where this was taken and who the middle person is?

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1935 Media: Glass Negative

Item 76129

Arthur M. Waterman, Montreal, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1938 Location: Montreal Media: Photographic print

Item 13017

Martha Washburn and sons, Livermore, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: circa 1860 Location: Livermore Media: Photographic print

Item 33525

Pilots Grill, Bangor, 1940

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1940 Location: Bangor Media: Postcard

Item 102140

Rufus King, Scarborough, 1815

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1815 Location: Scarborough Media: Print on paper

Item 98923

Cyrus Curtis birthplace, Portland, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 6838

Ethel Bascome Jewett 1905

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1905 Media: Photographic print

Item 80010

Mellie Dunham playing 'Rippling Waves,' 1926

Contributed by: Norway Historical Society Date: 1926 Location: Brooklyn Media: Phonograph record

Item 17294

Lillian Nordica as Valentine, 1887

Contributed by: Nordica Memorial Association Date: 1887 Location: London; Farmington Media: Photographic print

Item 79944

Mellie and Gram Dunham on tour, Cleveland, ca. 1926

Contributed by: Norway Historical Society Date: 1926 Location: Cleveland Media: Photographic print

Item 12513

Wadsworth-Longfellow House Sitting Room, ca. 1902

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1902 Location: Portland Media: Lantern slide

Item 4110

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Media: Photographic print

Item 15478

Portrait of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1840

Contributed by: NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Date: 1840 Location: Cambridge Media: Oil on canvas

Item 25601

Biddeford Fire Engines, 1908

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1908 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 11332

Longfellow and home, Portland, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 102315

Hell on the Rio Grande poem, Laredo, Texas, 1916

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1916 Location: Laredo Media: Print on paper

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Item 80008

'Rippling Waves Waltz' by Mellie Dunham, 1926

Contributed by: Norway Historical Society Date: 1926 Location: New York Media: Ink on paper

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