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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 108925
Field lighting trucks at the Air Base, Houlton, 1943
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1943-01-30 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print
Item 148419
Elevation of lantern for Portland Head Light, 1884
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1884-09-26 Location: Portland; Cape Elizabeth Media: Ink on paper
Item 102261
105th annual Drill and Ball, Portland, 1908
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1908-05-04 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 74876
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Media: Glass, tungsten, brass
Item 148420
Details of lantern for Portland Head Light, Cape Elizabeth, 1884
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1884-11-08 Location: Portland; Cape Elizabeth Media: Ink on paper
Item 82133
Biddeford and Saco Gas Light Company stock certificate, ca. 1857
Contributed by: Allison Fecteau through Biddeford Historical Society Date: circa 1857 Location: Biddeford Media: Ink on paper
Item 13470
Lighthouse lens for Portland Head Light, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Museum at Portland Head Date: circa 1900 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Glass and brass
Item 13549
Lens for Portland Head Light, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Museum at Portland Head Date: circa 1900 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Glass and brass
Item 13472
Lighthouse lens for Portland Head Light, Cape Elizabeth, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Museum at Portland Head Date: circa 1900 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Glass and brass
Item 66022
"Warning," interior trolley car notice, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: circa 1920 Location: Portland Media: ink on paper
Item 31295
West Quoddy Head Light, souvenir postcard, 1982
Contributed by: West Quoddy Head Light Keepers Association Date: 1982-11-05 Location: Lubec Media: Postcard
Item 84831
Lightkeeper Hoyt Cheney, West Quoddy Head, ca.1945, ca. 1945
Contributed by: West Quoddy Head Light Keepers Association Date: circa 1945 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print
Item 13468
Fourth order Fresnel lens, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Museum at Portland Head Date: circa 1900 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Glass and brass
Item 25688
Lantern For 4th, 5th & 6th Order Lighthouses, 1879
Contributed by: Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands Date: 1879-04-01 Media: Ink on paper
Item 21035
View toward Portland waterfront, 1911
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1911-05-08 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 8094
Thatchers Island Light, Massachusetts, ca. 1861
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1861 Location: Gloucester Media: Albumen print
Item 66416
Negro Light, Curtis Island, ca. 1935
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1935 Location: Camden Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 148231
Portland Head Light, Cape Elizabeth, 1887
Contributed by: City of Portland - Planning & Development Date: 1887-06-18 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Photographic print
Item 37510
West Quoddy Head Light, Lubec, ca. 1860, ca. 1860
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print
Item 23941
Baker Island Light, off Mt. Desert Island, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1940 Location: Cranberry Isles Media: Postcard
Item 5444
Departure of the Norway Light Infantry, 1898
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898-05-02 Location: Norway Media: Photographic print
Item 31758
West Quoddy Head and Light Station, Lubec, ca. 1890
Contributed by: West Quoddy Head Light Keepers Association Date: circa 1890 Location: Lubec Media: Postcard
Item 30910
West Quoddy Head Light Station, Lubec, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print
Item 100066
Vintage Tripp teardrop emergency light, Waldoboro, ca. 1960
Contributed by: Waldoboro Fire Department Date: circa 1960 Location: Waldoboro Media: Plastic, metal