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LC Subject Heading: Cotton

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 7248

Raw cotton, Lewiston, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Lewiston Public Library Date: circa 1900 Location: Lewiston Media: Phototransparency

Item 105489

Calico dress, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Media: Cotton
This record contains 15 images.

Item 9763

Springvale Cotton Mill, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: Sanford Media: Photographic print

Item 105726

Mabel Graney's "Betty Barclay Frock," ca. 1955

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1955 Media: rayon, metal, cotton
This record contains 13 images.

Item 105678

White batiste cotton dress, Brownville, ca. 1905

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Brownville Media: cotton
This record contains 16 images.

Item 7809

Lockwood Cotton Mills, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Waterville Media: Stereograph

Item 149916

View of the Milltown Cotton Mill on the St. Croix River, New Brunswick, ca. 1900

Courtesy of John Howard, an individual partner Date: circa 1900 Location: St. Stephen Media: Film Negative

Item 72090

Report on cotton for prison, New Orleans, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Baton Rouge Media: Ink on paper

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Item 105488

White cotton dress with gigot sleeves, Portland, ca. 1828

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1828 Location: Portland Media: Cotton
This record contains 10 images.

Item 11616

John Davison letter from Mobile, Alabama, 1848

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1848-09-30 Location: Mobile Media: Ink on paper

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Item 29188

Hallowell Cotton Mill, Academy Street, ca. 1885

Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1885 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print

Item 71876

Dana Warp Mill at night, Westbrook, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Location: Westbrook Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 76532

Introduction of Portlanders seeking work in Louisiana, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Portland; New Orleans Media: Ink on paper

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Item 11878

Mill and church, Augusta, ca. 1900

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

Item 84621

Bosworth Memorial Hall pamphlet, Portland, ca. 1960

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1960 Location: Portland Media: Letterpress on paper

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Item 99418

Woodbury K. Dana with cotton harvester, Westbrook, ca. 1918

Contributed by: Westbrook Historical Society Date: circa 1918 Location: Westbrook Media: Photographic print

Item 19246

J. Monroe Dillingham to Margaret Dillingham, January 25, 1863

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Freeport; Charleston; Port Royal; Nassau Media: Paper

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Item 25628

Magnalia Christi Americana, London, 1702

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1702 Location: Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 51266

A.W. Longfellow map of Presumpscot River, Windham, 1840

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1840 Location: Westbrook Media: Ink on paper

Item 19243

John M. Dillingham to his mother, South Carolina, 1863

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Freeport; Charleston; Port Royal; Wilmington Media: Paper

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