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LC Subject Heading: Death

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 79283

William M. Spinney on death of wife, Freedom, 1842

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1842 Location: Freedom Media: Ink on paper

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Item 15260

Letter concerning death of Henry Sewall, 1845

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1845 Location: Hallowell Media: Ink on paper

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Item 18430

Wiswall mourning pendant, ca. 1775

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1775 Media: stone, glass

Item 18721

HMS Monarch, Portland Harbor, 1870

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1870 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 110543

Mourning armband for George Washington, ca. 1799

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1799 Media: silk, ink

Item 110544

Mourning badge for Abraham Lincoln, ca.1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Media: silk

Item 18416

Sarah Sanborn letter on death, disease, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Kents Hill; Augusta Media: Ink on paper

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Item 18417

Sarah Sanborn letter to father, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Readfield; Augusta Media: Ink on paper

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Item 49705

Johnnie Crockett post-mortem portrait, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Rockland Media: Daguerreotype

Item 19273

Deceased child, ca. 1855

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1855 Media: Daguerreotype

Item 36125

Ruth Pierce Crocker on death of brother, Portland, 1866

Contributed by: Pierce Family Collection through Maine Historical Society Date: 1866 Location: Portland; Gorham Media: Ink on paper

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Item 16106

Letter from Margaret E. Neal, 1876

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1876 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 12462

Headstone, 1806, Priscilla Slater, Portland, 1965

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1965 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 12463

Moses Johnson headstone, 1773, Portland, 1965

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1965 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 12465

Mary McLellan headstone from 1764, Portland, 1966

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1764 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 12466

Headstone of Rebeckah Lewis, Portland, 1788

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1788 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 12468

Joseph Stockbridge headstone, 1761, Portland, 1966

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1966 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 35653

Hopley Yeaton's reburial, New London, Connecticut, 1975

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1975-08-23 Location: New London; Lubec Media: Photographic print

Item 10529

Frederic W Higgins Coffin Plate, 1849

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1849 Media: Tin, pine cones

Item 13730

Sarah Ware purse, Bucksport, 1898

Contributed by: Bucksport Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Bucksport Media: Leather and metal

Item 14050

Sarah Ware's purse, Bucksport, ca. 1898

Contributed by: Bucksport Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Bucksport; Bucksport Media: Leather

Item 14051

Murder weapon, Bucksport, ca. 1898

Contributed by: Bucksport Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Bucksport Media: Wood, metal

Item 14052

Purse Belonging to Sarah Ware

Contributed by: Bucksport Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Bucksport Media: Leather

Item 15256

Letter concerning death of Mary Sewall, 1825

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1825 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper

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