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Category: Crime, Vice & Punishment, Government, Politics & Law

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 11057

Parking boot, Portland, 1981

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1981-06-29 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 11217

Marijuana on streets, Biddeford, 1982

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1982-04-01 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 14557

Confiscated liquor bottles, Portland, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1927 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 15776

Ransford W. Shaw, Houlton, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1940 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 16099

Overindulgence post card, 1938

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1938 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Postcard

Item 16407

Ransford W. Shaw House, Houlton, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 64126

Prohibition Postcard, Surry, 1927

Contributed by: Surry Historical Society Date: 1927-07-12 Location: Surry Media: Postcard

Item 7595

Samuel Freeman letter to Abiel Abbot, Nov. 9, 1813

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1813-11-09 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9216

Letter to George Richardson from Fessenden & Deblois, 1845

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1845-07-26 Location: Portland; Rio de Janeiro; Portland; Rio de Janeiro Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9456

David Dunn, Mechanic Falls, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: circa 1890 Location: Mechanic Falls Media: Photographic print

Item 16096

Portland City Hall Rum Room, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Portland Media: Postcard

Item 29380

Bill Cohen comments on Watergate, 1974

Contributed by: Raymond H. Fogler Library Date: 1974-07-25 Location: Washington Media: Video recording

Item 6798

Copy of letter from Samuel Graves to Philip Stephens, 1775

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1775-10-09 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 6809

Clyde Smith and Raymond Oakes, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1927 Media: Glass Negative

Item 6959

Corn knives, ca. 1858

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1858 Location: Portland Media: Iron, tin

Item 8895

Chennusio Indian treaty with the British, 1764

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1764 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9535

Letter about living conditions in Aroostook County, ca. 1845

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

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Item 18742

Frederick Alton Powers, Houlton, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Houlton Media: Oil painting

Item 23660

Governor Percival P. Baxter and Council, Augusta, 1923

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1923 Location: Augusta Media: Glass Negative

Item 31827

Body of Brady Gang leader, Bangor, 1937

Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: 1937-10-12 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Item 98872

Indian Island summer cottage owned by actors Florence Reed and Malcolm Williams, Standish, 1923

Contributed by: Portland Water District Date: 1923 Location: Standish Media: Photographic print

Item 98873

Indian Island summer cottage owned by actors Mary Hechter and William Roselle, Standish, 1923

Contributed by: Portland Water District Date: 1923 Location: Standish Media: Photographic print

Item 98874

Indian Island summer cottage owned by actors Amy Ricard and Lester Lonergan, Standish, 1923

Contributed by: Portland Water District Date: 1923 Location: Standish Media: Photographic print

Item 22678

Aroostook Woods Cottage, Houlton, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print