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Category: Government, Politics & Law, Political & Social Justice

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

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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

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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

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Item 7484

Maine Anti-Slavery Society request, 1836

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1836 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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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 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

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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

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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

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