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LC Subject Heading: Telegraph

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 10411

Telegraph pole insulators, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Media: Glass

Item 74512

Transatlantic cable fragment, ca. 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Media: Copper, brass, hemp

Item 74510

Transatlantic telegraph cable fragment, 1858

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1858 Media: Copper wire, brass, hemp

Item 73309

Telegram office girls, Portland, 1924

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1924 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 101141

Donna Sue Collins with telephone, Dixfield, ca. 1948

Contributed by: Dixfield Historical Society Date: circa 1948 Location: Dixfield Media: Photographic print

Item 108628

Dresden Station, Richmond, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Richmond Media: Glass Plate Negative

Item 74468

Telegraph relay, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Media: Wood, brass, cast iron

Item 13165

Westbrook Post Office employees, 1905

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1905 Location: Westbrook Media: Photograph, lantern slide

Item 100629

Main Street, Bethel Hill, 1896

Contributed by: Bethel Historical Society Date: 1896 Location: Bethel Media: Photographic print

Item 9077

Looking Southwesterly from Elm Street, Skowhegan, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1900 Location: Skowhegan Media: Stereograph

Item 35279

New England Telephone Company float, Biddeford, 1916

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1916-09-16 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 74593

Snow Storm Damage, 1924

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1924 Media: Glass Negative

Item 1222

Main Street, Ellsworth, ca. 1896

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1896 Location: Ellsworth Media: Photographic print

Item 6191

Moses Gerrish Farmer, 1820-1893

Contributed by: Eliot Baha'i Archives Date: circa 1860 Location: Eliot Media: Photographic print

Item 6411

Railroad tracks, Hallowell, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1883 Location: Hallowell Media: Ink on paper

Item 26668

Telegraph Block, Thomaston, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Thomaston; Thomaston Media: Photographic print

Item 31077

Flood, Merchants Row, Hallowell, 1896

Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: 1896 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print

Item 74467

Hiram Alden telegram to F.O.J. Smith, 1853

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1853 Location: Belfast Media: Ink on paper

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Item 31475

Main Street, Ashland, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Ashland Media: Glass Negative

Item 20422

Telegram from General McLain to John Stowell, 1918

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1918-06-16 Location: Freeport Media: Ink on paper

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Item 80500

Intersection of Main Street and Weld Street, Dixfield, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Dixfield Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Dixfield Media: Photographic print

Item 82166

Westbrook Telephone Exchange, Westbrook, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Walker Memorial Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Westbrook Media: Photographic print

Item 97581

Pvt. John Sheahan letter on picket duty, Virginia, 1863

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

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Item 31289

Telephone Exchange burning, Bangor, 1911

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1911-04-30 Location: Bangor Media: Lantern slide