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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 22566

Pearce description of Aroostook County, ca. 1840

Contributed by: Cary Library Date: circa 1850 Location: Houlton Media: Ink on paper

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Item 6052

Stevens Monument, Fryeburg, ca. 1914

Contributed by: Fryeburg Historical Society Date: circa 1914 Location: Fryeburg Media: Photographic print

Item 11608

John Davison letter from Key West, Florida, December 29, 1846

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1846-12-29 Location: Augusta; Key West Media: Ink on paper

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Item 132

Mount Desert Steamship at the Bar Harbor wharf, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Photographic print

Item 31792

Josiah Pierce description of St. Petersburg, Russia, 1856

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1856-01-10 Location: Saint Petersburg Media: Ink on paper

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Item 13109

Cochranism delineated or, A description of, and specific for a religious hydrophobia, 1819

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1819 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 23888

Description of college schedule, Brunswick, 1815

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1815 Location: Brunswick Media: Ink on paper

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Item 61970

Sheahan description of Bull Run battlefield, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Middleburg Media: Ink on paper

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Item 54528

William B. Adams description of fight, Virginia, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Petersburg Media: Ink on paper

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Item 55627

Description of snowplowing in Aroostook County, ca. 2000

Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1935 Media: Mp3

Item 81015

Rebecca Usher description of military hospital, Pennsylvania, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Buxton; Chester Media: Ink on paper

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Item 99347

K.B. Sewall description of Mobile, Alabama, 1839

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1839 Location: Portland; Mobile Media: Ink on paper

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Item 6387

Bucksport waterfront, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Buck Memorial Library Date: circa 1860 Location: Bucksport Media: Photographic print

Item 9470

High Street, Kingfield, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: circa 1895 Location: Kingfield Media: Photographic print

Item 135901

Description of Pagan and Chipmanā€™s Meetings with Francis Joseph Neptune, 1796

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1796 Location: St. Andrews Media: Ink on Paper
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Item 6357

Harbor shore, Castine, 1891

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1891 Location: Castine Media: Ink on paper

Item 6733

Sisters and girls, Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, ca. 1902

Contributed by: United Society of Shakers Date: circa 1902 Location: New Gloucester Media: Slide from glass negative

Item 7220

Station Bridge during Floods of March 1936

Contributed by: Cornish Historical Society Date: 1936 Location: Cornish; Baldwin Media: Photographic print

Item 7222

Station Bridge between Cornish and West Baldwin, March 1936

Contributed by: Cornish Historical Society Date: 1936 Location: Cornish; Baldwin Media: Photographic print

Item 7226

Flooded Station Bridge, Cornish, 1936

Contributed by: Cornish Historical Society Date: 1936 Location: Cornish; Baldwin Media: Photographic print

Item 4227

Maine farm country, Ashland, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Media: Photographic print

Item 6304

Port Clyde, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1891 Location: Port Clyde Media: Ink on paper

Item 31791

Josiah Pierce travelogue, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1855

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1855 Location: Saint Petersburg Media: Ink on paper

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Item 5419

Houlton from Pierce's Hill, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Houlton Media: Glass Negative