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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 74111

Shaylor's 'Compendium of Penmanship,' ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 74457

Shaylor advertisement, ca. 1881

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1881 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 167

Raising of the Portland Monument, 1807

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1807-06-09 Location: Portland Media: Paper

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Item 74461

"Book of Alphabets," 1908

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1908 Media: Ink on paper

Item 135684

Portland Voter Registrations, 1891–1902

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1891–1902 Location: Portland Media: ink on paper

Item 7956

Sarah Lewis Merry's penmanship exercise, 1817

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1817 Media: Ink, watercolor on paper, phototransparency

Item 74144

H. W. Shaylor letter, Portland, 1916

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1916-07-05 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 74147

'Medial Writing Book' cover, 1903

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1903 Media: Ink on paper

Item 74149

'Manual of Medial Writing,' 1904

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1904 Media: Ink on paper

Item 74150

'Manual of Penmanship,' 1887

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1887 Media: Ink on paper

Item 74452

'Harper's New Graded Copy Books,' 1885

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1885 Media: Ink on paper

Item 74108

'How To Teach Vertical Writing' manual, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Media: Ink on paper

Item 177

Observatory timber contract, Portland, 1807

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1807-04-08 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 74155

H.W. Shaylor drawing album, 1928

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1928 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 48479

John Neal, Portland, ca. 1875

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1875 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 149784

Longfellow Walk, Bowdoin College, 1910

Contributed by: NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Date: circa 1910 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Item 149786

Pine Woods near Bowdoin College, 1910

Contributed by: NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Date: circa 1910 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Item 74389

Shaylor family, Portland, 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1910 Media: Photographic print

Item 7570

Tabitha Longfellow's writing book, 1788

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1788 Media: Ink on paper

Item 8951

Letter from Elizabeth Wadsworth to her father, Peleg Wadsworth, 1800

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1800-01-19 Location: Portland; Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 73336

Edna St. Vincent Millay to Corinne Sawyer, 1914

Contributed by: Camden Public Library Date: 1914-05-04 Location: Poughkeepsie; Camden Media: Paper

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Item 74143

Shaylor drawing for teaching illustration, 1876

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1876 Media: Ink on paper

Item 74156

Hiram Bridge pencil drawing, 1909

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1909 Location: South Hiram Media: Pencil on paper

Item 74460

Chapman Brook, Bethel, 1896

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1896-07-25 Location: Bethel Media: Photographic reproduction of pencil on paper-drawing