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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 34819

City Farm (Poor Farm), Biddeford, ca. 1910

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1910 Location: Biddeford; Biddeford Media: Postcard

Item 51582

Poor Farm, Saco 1924

Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: circa 1924 Location: Saco Media: Photographic print

Item 36598

City Farm, Biddeford, ca. 1935

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1935 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 64258

Poor Farm, Biddeford, ca. 1920

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

Item 22286

Route 1, Houlton, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1950 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 6684

Auburn City Farm, 1930

Contributed by: Androscoggin Historical Society Date: 1930 Location: Auburn Media: Photographic print

Item 22290

Looking south on Route 1, Houlton, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1950 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 28455

Eyeglasses and case from C. W. Clifford, Bath, ca. 1885

Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: circa 1885 Location: Bath Media: Eyeglasses and leather case

Item 26647

Henry Knox monument, Thomaston, ca. 1871

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1871 Location: Thomaston Media: Stereograph

Item 75271

Mary Ellen Emery's indenture document, Cumberland, 1851

Contributed by: Prince Memorial Library Date: 1851-02-06 Location: Cumberland; Biddeford Media: Ink on paper

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Item 33423

Jacob Easters indenture document, Cumberland, 1826

Contributed by: Prince Memorial Library Date: 1826 Location: Cumberland Media: Printed and handwritten in ink on rag paper

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Item 102165

Thomas Jefferson contemplating the sale of frontier land, Philadelphia, 1776

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 33426

Benjamin Esters indenture document, Cumberland, 1826

Contributed by: Prince Memorial Library Date: 1826 Location: Cumberland Media: Printed and handwritten in ink on rag paper

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Item 75451

Charles Lowell, indenture document, Cumberland, 1822

Contributed by: Prince Memorial Library Date: 1822-06-03 Location: Cumberland; Bucksport Media: Ink on paper

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Item 33420

William York 3rd indenture document, Cumberland, 1826

Contributed by: Prince Memorial Library Date: 1826 Location: Cumberland Media: Printed and handwritten in ink on rag paper

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Item 75273

William Curtis Stiles, indenture document, Cumberland, 1882

Contributed by: Prince Memorial Library Date: 1882-06-24 Location: Norway Media: Ink on paper

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Item 17370

Alms House agreement, Houlton, 1867

Contributed by: Cary Library Date: 1867 Location: Houlton Media: Ink on paper

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Item 13313

Jonathan Morgan diary, Portland, 1867-1869

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1867–1869 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 20469

Laura Thompson Stevens, Brunswick, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1910 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Item 20472

Byron Stevens, Brunswick, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1920 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Item 23816

Hannah Pierce on crop difficulty, 1851

Contributed by: Pierce Family Collection through Maine Historical Society Date: 1851 Location: Baldwin Media: Ink on paper

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Item 27901

Davis Hatch trade card, Bath, ca. 1875

Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: circa 1875 Location: Bath Media: Lithographed trade card

Item 100645

Desert of Maine, Freeport, ca. 1936

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1936 Location: Freeport Media: Photographic print

Item 100401

Winthrop Street Looking West from State Street, Augusta, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Lithgow Public Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Augusta Media: Postcard