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Category: Arts & Entertainment, Literature

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 22021

Thomas W. Hyde, Bath, ca. 1876

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: circa 1876 Location: Augusta; Bowdoin Media: Carte de visite

Item 24004

Hotel Bar Harbor, Bar Harbor, 1951

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: 1887 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Postcard

Item 26535

Acrostic, Kittery Point, 1809

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1804-11-10 Location: Kittery Media: Watercolor on paper

Item 29087

Austin Willey, Portland, ca. 1885

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1885 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 29261

Thursday Club tea cup, Biddeford, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Biddeford Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Biddeford Media: China

Item 31196

Thursday Club anniversary program, Biddeford, 1939

Contributed by: Biddeford Historical Society Date: 1939-01-04 Location: Biddeford Media: Ink on paper

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Item 31223

Invitation to Thursday Club's Colonial Tea Party, Biddeford, 1896

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1896-11-18 Location: Biddeford Media: Ink on paper

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Item 31226

Thursday Club program, Biddeford, 1897

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1897–1898 Location: Biddeford Media: Ink on paper, ribbon

Item 36234

Josiah Pierce letter on Longfellow bust endorsements, London, 1883

Contributed by: Pierce Family Collection through Maine Historical Society Date: 1883 Location: Portland; London Media: Ink on paper

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Item 49363

Peleg Whitman Chandler, Boston, ca. 1841

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1841 Location: Boston Media: Daguerreotype

Item 51644

Longfellow bust gift, London, 1884

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1884 Location: London; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 52779

Grenville Mellen, ca. 1835

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1835 Location: Yarmouth Media: Oil

Item 58336

Frederick Mellen, ca. 1834

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1834 Location: Portland Media: Oil

Item 71699

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow homes in Portland, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Portland Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 72845

Letter from Sheriff Harry French to J.H. Montgomery, March 1901

Contributed by: Camden Public Library Date: 1901-03-06 Location: Kingman; Bangor; Camden Media: Paper

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Item 72847

Letter from Harry French to J.H. Montgomery, February 1901

Contributed by: Camden Public Library Date: 1901-02-23 Location: Bangor; Camden Media: Paper

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Item 72848

Letter from Harry French to J.H. Montgomery, 1901

Contributed by: Camden Public Library Date: 1901-02-26 Location: Bangor; Camden Media: Paper

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Item 72849

Edna St. Vincent Millay, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1915

Contributed by: Camden Public Library Date: 1915-10-11 Location: Poughkeepsie Media: Photographic print

Item 98541

Margaret and Ralph Pulitzer bookplate, 1928

Contributed by: Cary Memorial Library in Wayne Date: 1928 Location: Wayne Media: Ink on paper

Item 98809

Adolf Bolm bookplate, 1920

Contributed by: Cary Memorial Library in Wayne Date: 1920 Location: Wayne Media: Ink on paper

Item 98813

Helen Bryce Barnhart bookplate, 1933

Contributed by: Cary Memorial Library in Wayne Date: 1933 Location: Wayne Media: Ink on paper

Item 98814

Walter M. Aikman bookplate, 1914

Contributed by: Cary Memorial Library in Wayne Date: 1914 Location: Wayne Media: Ink on paper

Item 135778

Front Entry, Yellow House, Gardiner, ca. 1985

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1985 Location: Gardiner Media: photographic print

Item 135782

Dining Room (West Wall), Yellow House, Gardiner, ca. 1985

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1985 Location: Gardiner Media: photographic print