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Category: Economics, Industry, Furniture & woodworking

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 13493

Fryeburg Lumber Box Mill, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Fryeburg Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: Fryeburg Media: Photographic print

Item 16884

John, Esther and William Weeks, Portland, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Portland Media: Daguerreotype

Item 22407

Northern Wooden Ware Mill, Island Falls, ca. 1927

Contributed by: Island Falls Historical Society Date: circa 1927 Location: Island Falls Media: Postcard

Item 27516

Spool Mill and Williams Mill Stereoptic Card, Farmington, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Farmington Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Farmington Media: Stereograph

Item 30864

Drapers Mill, Guilford, ca. 1948

Contributed by: Guilford Historical Society Date: circa 1948 Location: Guilford Media: Photographic print

Item 67281

Apple Box, Strong, ca. 1957

Contributed by: Strong Historical Society Date: circa 1957 Location: Strong Media: Wood

Item 67308

Match/Toothpick canister, Strong Wood Turning Corp., Strong, cr. 1955

Contributed by: Mr. & Mrs. Robert Pike through Strong Historical Society Date: circa 1955 Location: Strong Media: Lacquered wood

Item 67309

Decorative imitation apple, Strong Wood Turning Corp., Strong, ca. 1955

Contributed by: Mr. & Mrs. Robert Pike through Strong Historical Society Date: circa 1955 Location: Strong Media: Lacquered wood

Item 80296

Letter to Wilmot Greenleaf from John McDougall, 1850

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1850-06-29 Location: Boothbay; Westport Island Media: Ink on paper

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Item 6292

James Clarence Hamlen, Jr., 1889

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1889 Media: Photographic print

Item 6709

Box Shop, Lovell, ca. 1920

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

Item 18716

Lolling chair, 1805

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1805 Location: Portland Media: Mahogany

Item 20533

Veneer Mill, Stockholm, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Stockholm Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: Stockholm Media: Photographic print

Item 20540

Mill, Stockholm. c. 1920

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

Item 30893

Hardwood Products, Guilford, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Guilford Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Guilford Media: Photographic print

Item 31352

Johnny Stringer, Artisan, Hallowell, ca. 1848

Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1848 Location: Hallowell Media: Daguerreotype

Item 34571

Spool Mill, South Lincoln, ca. 1880

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

Item 35544

George Rogers homestead, Alfred, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Parsons Memorial Library Date: circa 1900 Location: Alfred Media: Phototransparency

Item 66988

Box of World's Fair clothespins, Strong, 1947

Contributed by: Strong Historical Society Date: circa 1947 Location: Strong Media: Wood product in cardboard box

Item 67001

Box of World's Fair Round toothpicks, Strong, ca. 1955

Contributed by: Strong Historical Society Date: circa 1955 Location: Strong Media: Toothpicks in cardboard box

Item 67307

Cologne Bottle Cap, Strong Wood Turning Corp., Strong, ca. 1955

Contributed by: Mr. & Mrs. Robert Pike through Strong Historical Society Date: circa 1955 Location: Strong Media: Lacquered wood with plastic insert

Item 79235

US Peg and Shank Mill, Princeton, 1930

Contributed by: Princeton Public Library Date: 1930 Location: Princeton Media: Photographic print

Item 99385

Veneer Products Company, Greenville, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Moosehead Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Greenville Media: Photographic print

Item 99390

Atlas Plywood Mill, Greenville, 1937

Contributed by: Moosehead Historical Society Date: 1937 Location: Greenville Media: Photographic print