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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 20580
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1890 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print
Item 20601
Dennison Girls or Box Shop Girls
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1890 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print
Item 20602
Addie Galvin, Brunswick, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1890 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print
Item 20603
Charlotte Randall, Brunswick, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1890 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print
Item 20605
Dennison Girls, Brunswick, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1890 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print
Item 22625
Presque Isle Hospital Kitchen, Presque Isle, ca. 1952
Contributed by: Presque Isle Historical Society Date: circa 1952 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print
Item 23044
York Manufacturing Company Workers, Saco, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Saco Media: Photographic print
Item 23799
Preceptor's farewell to Hannah Pierce, Fryeburg, 1819
Contributed by: Pierce Family Collection through Maine Historical Society Date: 1819 Location: Fryeburg Media: Ink on paper
Item 23800
Testimony of school attendance, Fryeburg, 1806
Contributed by: Pierce Family Collection through Maine Historical Society Date: 1806 Location: Fryeburg Media: Ink on paper
Item 26195
Trull Hospital Nurses, Biddeford, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: circa 1938 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 27475
Russell Estes and Brothers Box Shop, Farmington, 1903
Contributed by: Farmington Historical Society Date: 1903-03-31 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print
Item 27837
Girls at J.B. Pearson Factory, Thomaston, 1912
Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: 1912-06-15 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print
Item 30973
Guilford Woolen Mill Finishing Room Crew, ca, 1890
Contributed by: Guilford Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Guilford Media: Photographic print
Item 31737
Packing fish in cans, Lubec, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Lubec Media: Photograph on card mount
Item 33688
Luther Cary petition for bounty on mulberry trees and silk manufacturing, Turner, 1841
Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1841 Location: Turner Media: Silk, ink on paper
Item 34545
Eliza J. Knight, Brunswick, ca. 1850
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1850 Location: Brunswick; Bath Media: Photographic print
Item 35313
"Gypsies," Biddeford Pool, 1917
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1917 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 36055
Spinner working at her spinning frame, Biddeford, 1966
Contributed by: Biddeford Historical Society Date: circa 1966 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 61855
Laura Sprague in Atlantic store, Swan's Island, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print
Item 61867
Beatrice Stockbridge, Swan's Island, ca. 1950
Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print
Item 61877
Lillian 'Lil' Smith, telephone operator for Swan's Island, ca. 1950
Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print
Item 61878
Gwen May remembers working the Swan's Island telephone switchboard in the 1960s
Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1960 Location: Swan's Island Media: Mp3
Item 70279
Women sorters at Eastern Fine Paper, Brewer, ca. 1960
Contributed by: Maine Folklife Center, Univ. of Maine Date: circa 1960 Location: Brewer Media: Photographic print
Item 70280
Women sorting rags, Brewer, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Maine Folklife Center, Univ. of Maine Date: circa 1920 Location: Brewer Media: Photographic print