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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 23698

C.H. Randall with white deer, Greenville, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Greenville Media: Lantern slide

Item 102762

Toy Len Goon's mud silk tunic and pant suit, Guangdong, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Portland Media: Silk, mud, cotton, tan Dioscorea Cirrhosa dye

Item 29300

Sally Wood Bible, Kennebunk, 1846

Contributed by: Brick Store Museum Date: 1846 Location: Kennebunk Media: book, Ink on paper

Item 29301

Book of Psalms and New Testament, Kennebunk, ca. 1854

Contributed by: Brick Store Museum Date: circa 1854 Location: Kennebunk Media: book, Ink on paper

Item 6665

Pascatway River in New England, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: circa 1670 Media: Paper

Item 9906

Rear of Brown Block, Sanford, ca. 1905

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Sanford Media: Photographic print

Item 13912

Total Eclipse of the Sun train excursion, 1932

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1932-08-31 Location: Portland; Fryeburg; Bartlett; North Conway; Portland; Fryeburg Media: Ink on paper

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Item 103647

The Fowler brothers, Unity, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: Unity Media: Ambrotype

Item 108672

Barque "Aberdeen" of Searsport Capt. N. Dunbar Naples 1874

Courtesy of Susan Curran White, an individual partner Date: 1874 Location: Searsport Media: Watercolor on paper

Item 9344

Depth gauge, ca. 2000

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1854 Location: Bangor Media: Cast iron, steel

Item 22153

Stereoview of Main Street, Springvale, 1888

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: 1888 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative

Item 27000

Cross Guard For a Plug Bayonet, ca. 1690

Contributed by: Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands Date: circa 1690 Location: Bristol Media: Metal

Item 66424

Gilman School's Bernard King in cafe, Waterville, 1983

Contributed by: Kennebec Valley Community College Archive Date: 1983 Location: Waterville Media: Photographic print

Item 103805

Camp Houlton POW area, Houlton, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1945 Location: Houlton Media: Photograph

Item 15818

William Fogg Library, Eliot, 1907

Contributed by: William Fogg Library Date: 1907 Location: Eliot Media: Postcard

Item 29210

Eastern Steamship Company Wharf, Kennebec River, Hallowell, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1890 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print

Item 31096

Dismantling of Old Bridge, Elm Street, Biddeford, 1921

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1921 Location: Biddeford Media: Glass Negative

Item 35311

Ruins of the Pepperell Mills cotton storehouse, Biddeford, 1915

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1915-10-15 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 80365

Rent basket, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Friendship Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Friendship Media: Sweet grass

Item 81353

Interior Universalist Church, Dixfield, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Dixfield Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Dixfield Media: Photographic print

Item 105471

Olive Gray's childhood dress, North Yarmouth, ca. 1785

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1785 Location: North Yarmouth Media: Cotton

Item 19369

Baptist Church, Presque Isle, 1895

Contributed by: Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library Date: 1895 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print

Item 19370

Bridge Street, Presque Isle, 1895

Contributed by: Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library Date: 1895 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print

Item 19371

Free Baptist Church, Presque Isle, 1895

Contributed by: Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library Date: 1895 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print