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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 6770

Norway Memorial Library postcard with poem from Hortense Gardner Gregg Gates, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Norway Memorial Library Date: circa 1940 Location: Norway Media: postcard

Item 67535

Book Cover, "Songs From The Woods Of Maine," by Julia H. May, 1894

Contributed by: Mr. & Mrs. Roger Lambert through Strong Historical Society Date: 1894 Location: Strong; Farmington Media: Ink on paper

Item 28015

Julia Harris May poetry collection, 1903

Contributed by: Farmington Public Library Date: 1903 Location: Farmington; Strong Media: Ink on paper

Item 149593

"Stars of the Summer Night" sheet music cover, Philadelphia, 1846

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1846 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 21203

Poem from Josiah Pierce to Phebe Thompson, ca. 1786

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1786 Location: Baldwin; Woburn Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10591

Poem on box of tea, 1995

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1995 Media: Cardboard

Item 102277

Poem memorializing the loss of the steamer "Portland," 1899

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

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Item 6201

Whittier's corner, Eliot, 1890

Contributed by: Eliot Baha'i Archives Date: 1890-07-22 Location: Eliot Media: Photographic print

Item 21216

Josiah Pierce poem, 1786

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1786 Location: Baldwin Media: Ink on paper

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Item 71699

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow homes in Portland, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Portland Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 23350

The rainy day poem Christmas greeting card, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Media: Postcard

Item 21213

Josiah Pierce eulogy poem, ca. 1786

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1786 Location: Baldwin Media: Ink on paper

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Item 1152

Great Conflagration in Portland, 1866

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1866-07-04 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 21066

Josiah Pierce on his 30th birthday, 1786

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1786 Location: Baldwin; Woburn Media: Ink on paper

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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 9335

The Cruiser, Freeport, February 1859

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1859 Location: Freeport; South Freeport Media: Paper

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Item 38992

The Bluehill Times, Vol. 1, No. 4, January 22, 1861

Contributed by: Blue Hill Public Library Date: 1861-01-22 Location: Blue Hill Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102253

Republican Convention poem, Whitneyville, 1860

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1860-05-25 Location: Whitneyville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 26535

Acrostic, Kittery Point, 1809

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1804-11-10 Location: Kittery Media: Watercolor on paper

Item 11378

Hiawatha Story Card 3, 1922

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1922 Media: Ink on cardboard

Item 9280

Poem about a nurse's care during the Civil War, ca. 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Location: Washington Media: Ink on paper

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Item 18275

Commemorative pitcher with portrait of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1880 Location: Cambridge Media: Ceramic

Item 19230

Choice Thoughts from Longfellow board game, 1890

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1890 Media: Paper

Item 149788

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow statue, Portland, ca. 1888

Contributed by: NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Date: circa 1888 Location: Portland Media: Cartes-de-visite