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- Historical Items (218)
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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 102262
National Recovery Administration poster, ca. 1933
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1933 Media: Ink on paper
Item 103658
Nathaniel Willis to William King regarding newspaper politics, Portland, 1806
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1806-05-07 Location: Cape Elizabeth; Portland; Falmouth; Bath Media: Ink on paper
Item 103921
Business and professional women in costume, Portland, 1925
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1925 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 103924
Business and professional women on Peaks Island, Portland, 1925
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1925 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 105920
Redline map of Portland and South Portland, 1935
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1935-11-15 Location: Portland; South Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 5471
Signing of Woman Suffrage Proclamation, Augusta, 1917
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1917-02-23 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print
Item 7483
Invitation to American Anti-Slavery Society anniversary, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863-12-03 Location: Boston; Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 7484
Maine Anti-Slavery Society request, 1836
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1836 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
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
Item 7749
Meeting place, Russian and Japanese Peace Commission, 1905
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1905 Location: Kittery; Portsmouth Media: Postcard
Item 7750
Russia Japan Peace delegations, 1905
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1905-09-05 Location: Kittery; Portsmouth Media: Postcard
Item 7751
Russian and Japanese Peace Envoys in session, Kittery, 1905
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1905 Location: Kittery; Portsmouth Media: Postcard
Item 7826
Hotel at Wentworth, New Castle, New Hampshire, 1905
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1905 Location: New Castle Media: Postcard
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
Item 10224
Letter from Samuel J. May to Elizabeth Mountfort, May 10, 1850
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1850-05-10 Location: Portland; Syracuse; Portland; Syracuse Media: Ink on paper
Item 11076
Lillian Stevens, Woman's Christian Temperance Union, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Media: Glass Negative
Item 11442
Actor Ed Asner, Portland, 1982
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1982-10-19 Location: Portland; Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 11865
Gen. Samuel Fessenden, Portland, ca. 1830
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1830 Location: Portland Media: Paint, wood
Item 12576
Student strike, Colby College, 1970
Contributed by: Colby College Special Collections Date: circa 1970 Location: Waterville Media: Photographic print
Item 15416
Cache of liquor, Portland, 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1920 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 16096
Portland City Hall Rum Room, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Portland Media: Postcard
Item 16100
Pouring out contraband liquor, Bath, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Bath; Bath Media: Photographic print
Item 27741
Sarah Hamilton, Saco, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Saco Media: Photographic print
Item 29081
John Chandler to William King on election as governor, 1820
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1820 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper