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Category: Economics, Agriculture

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 19056

Stern's Sawmill, Bangor, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Maine Forest Service Date: circa 1920 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Item 31061

Bog Shoe, Scarborough, 1870

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: 1870 Location: Scarborough Media: Wood, iron

Item 33909

Barn Watercolor, Blue Hill, ca. 1826

Contributed by: Jonathan Fisher Memorial, Inc. Date: circa 1826 Location: Blue Hill Media: Watercolor on paper

Item 33914

Garden Pea watercolor, Blue Hill, 1810

Contributed by: Jonathan Fisher Memorial, Inc. Date: 1810 Location: Blue Hill Media: Pen and ink and watercolor on paper

Item 33925

Hen and Chicks, Blue Hill, 1824

Contributed by: Jonathan Fisher Memorial, Inc. Date: 1824 Location: Blue Hill Media: Woodblock print on paper

Item 35290

Butter line during WWII, Biddeford, 1943

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1943 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 35506

Log jam at Sheridan Bridge, Sheridan, ca. 1902

Contributed by: D'Anne Baillargeon through Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library Date: circa 1902 Location: Ashland Media: Glass Negative

Item 55051

Cow hauling sled, Fairfield, ca. 1920

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: circa 1920 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print

Item 67525

Poplar, Forest Paper Co., Yarmouth, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Yarmouth Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: Yarmouth Media: Photographic print

Item 68020

Miriam Haley letter to William Haley Jr., 1865

Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1865-06-18 Location: Savannah; Sebago Media: Ink on paper

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Item 77449

Mt. Katahdin on float, Corinna, 1916

Contributed by: Stetson Historical Society Date: 1916 Location: Corinna Media: Photographic print

Item 102510

Aroostook Board of Trade organizes potato donation, Caribou, 1914

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1914-11-16 Location: Bangor; Caribou Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102552

Will You Have a Part in Victory? World War I poster, ca. 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1918 Media: Lithograph

Item 109065

Freedom Academy and Freedom Lumber Company, Freedom, 1948

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: 1948 Location: Freedom Media: Film Negative

Item 4181

Moosehead Lake area map, 1874

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1874 Media: Paper

Item 6846

Plan of Saint Croix River, Calais, 1807

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1807 Location: Calais Media: Ink on paper

Item 6848

Farm plan, Congin, ca. 1840

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

Item 9535

Letter about living conditions in Aroostook County, ca. 1845

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

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Item 11141

Shaw Block, Greenville, 2003

Contributed by: Moosehead Messenger Date: 2003 Location: Greenville Media: Photographic print

Item 14879

Congress Street, Portland, 1800

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1800 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 15424

Shepard Cary, Houlton, 1805-1866

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1860 Location: Houlton; New Salem Media: Photographic print

Item 27950

Alameda Hall Interior, Bath, ca. 1889

Contributed by: Maine Maritime Museum Date: circa 1889 Location: Bath Media: Photographic print

Item 33690

Dr. Robert Southgate, ca. 1830

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1830 Location: Scarborough Media: Photographic print

Item 68524

William Haley letter from Savannah to his daughter Elzira, 1865

Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1865-07-10 Location: Sebago; Savannah; Standish; Gorham Media: Ink on paper

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