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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 100533

Moses Greenleaf to David James on slate, Williamsburg, 1834

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1834 Location: Williamsburg Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100535

David James to Moses Greenleaf on slate, New York, 1834

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1834 Location: Greenport Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100536

William Hughes assessment of Merrill Slate prospects, Brownville, 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Brownville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 108668

Feldspar quarry, Georgetown, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1935 Location: Georgetown Media: Glass Negative

Item 29333

Douglass Copper Mine, Blue Hill, ca. 1880

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

Item 41730

Lead Mines, Lubec, ca. 1904

Contributed by: Matt Hoopes through Lubec Memorial Library Date: circa 1904 Location: Lubec Media: Postcard

Item 78756

Slate Quarry Workers, Monson, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Monson Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Monson Media: Photographic print

Item 78839

Slate Quarry Employees, Monson, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Monson Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Monson Media: Photographic print

Item 80672

Nature's Plant Food Bag, Byron, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Byron Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Byron Media: Burlap

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Item 80857

Loading Flat Beds on the Monson Train, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Monson Historical Society Date: circa 1935 Location: Monson Media: Photographic print

Item 100531

Letter concerning discovery of slate vein in Brownville, 1833

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1833-07-01 Location: Brownville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100534

Merrill Slate Co. International Exhibition award, Philadelphia, 1876

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1876 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 78766

Aerial view of slate quarry, Monson, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Monson Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Monson Media: Photographic print

Item 87358

Loading limestone at Engine Quarry, Rockland, ca. 1875

Contributed by: Rockland Historical Society Date: circa 1875 Location: Rockland Media: Stereograph

Item 100920

Alonzo E. Raynes, Bangor, 1849

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Date: 1849-01-24 Location: Bangor Media: Ink and watercolor on paper

Item 87987

Iron Works School House, Pembroke, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Pembroke Media: Glass Negative