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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 187

Commemorative pitcher, 1807

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1807 Location: Portland Media: Pottery

Item 23762

Ezekiel Cushing House, Purpooduck, ca. 1909

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1909 Location: South Portland; Cape Elizabeth Media: Oil on canvas

Item 6157

Signals at the Portland Observatory, ca. 1807

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1807 Location: Portland Media: Watercolor on paper

Item 167

Raising of the Portland Monument, 1807

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1807-06-09 Location: Portland Media: Paper

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Item 5586

Portrait of Lemuel Moody, 1826

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1826 Location: Portland Media: Oil on canvas

Item 53889

Edward Howard York, 1937

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1937 Location: Portland Media: Oil on Canvas

Item 12783

Shannon Hall with Observatory, Colby College, Waterville, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Colby College Special Collections Date: circa 1900 Location: Waterville Media: Photographic print

Item 16876

Portland Harbor chart, ca. 1825

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

Item 5635

Portland street lights, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 14866

Slopes of Munjoy Hill, Portland, as it appeared ca. 1840, created in 1901

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1840 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 104508

Tip Top House, Mount Washington, New Hampshire, ca. 1861

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1861 Location: Sargent's Purchase Media: Stereoscopic Transparency, Lantern-slide

Item 181

Grand Army of the Republic parade, Portland, 1885

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1885 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 108725

Bird's eye view of Castine, 1889

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1889 Location: Castine Media: ink on paper

Item 188

Share certificate, Portland Monument Ground, 1807

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1807-10-01 Location: Portland Media: Color transparency

Item 4144

Munjoy Hill in the Forties, Portland, 1895

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1840 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 18697

Panorama, S.E. View of Portland in 1832

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1831 Location: Portland; South Portland Media: Lithograph

Item 1353

Congress Street fire ruins, Portland, 1866

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1866-07-12 Location: Portland Media: Stereograph

Item 13068

Old Colby campus, Waterville, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Colby College Special Collections Date: circa 1900 Location: Waterville; Waterville Media: Postcard

Item 16700

Sargent's Gym, Bowdoin College, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1915 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Item 14860

Bird's eye view of Munjoy Hill and the islands in 1845

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

Item 148235

Northeast view from City Hall, Portland, 1887

Contributed by: City of Portland - Planning & Development Date: 1887-07-17 Location: Portland Media: Photographic Print

Item 1352

Ruins of the Great Fire in Portland, July 12, 1866

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1866-07-12 Location: Portland Media: Stereograph

Item 1354

Ruins of the Great Fire in Portland, Me., July 12, 1866

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1866-07-12 Location: Portland Media: Stereograph

Item 5510

Moore Memorial embroidery, Portland, 1838

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1838 Location: Portland Media: Silk, watercolor, printers type, photo transp.