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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 12842

Isaac Watson Dyer, Baldwin, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Baldwin; Augusta Media: Photographic print

Item 13612

New Jail, Houlton, 1889

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1889 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 13887

Supreme Judicial Court jury, Houlton, 1917, 1917

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1917 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 14211

Paddy Wagon, Bangor, 2004

Contributed by: Bangor Police Museum Date: 2004 Location: Bangor Media: Digital photograph

Item 14312

Andrew Berry, Smyrna, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1895 Location: Smyrna Media: Photographic print

Mystery Corner Item

Item 14375

State School for Boys staff, ca. 1900

Mystery Corner Item Why are these men in costume?

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 14396

State School for Boys, South Portland, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 14397

Second cottage, State School for Boys, South Portland, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 14398

Fire, State School for Boys, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 14399

State School for Boys, South Portland, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 14400

Haying at the State School for Boys' farm, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 14401

Garden crew, State School for Boys, South Portland, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 14404

Staff, State School for Boys, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 14410

State School staff in costume, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 14412

Dining room, State School for Boys, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 14665

Samuel Jameson Anderson, Portland, ca. 1900

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

Item 16291

Prison Store and Book Store, Houlton, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1895 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 16293

Houlton Court House and County Jail, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 17466

Hancock County Court House, Ellsworth, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1935 Location: Ellsworth Media: Postcard

Item 18351

Judge Ashur Ware, 1846

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1846 Location: Portland Media: Oil on canvas

Item 19239

John M. Dillingham letter to mother, 1863

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Freeport; Columbia; Richmond Media: Paper

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Item 21009

Maine State Prison, Thomaston, ca. 1900

Contributed by: St. Croix Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Thomaston Media: Print from postcard

Item 21024

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to Josiah Pierce, 1835

Contributed by: Pierce Family Collection through Maine Historical Society Date: 1835 Location: Thomaston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 21636

State School for Boys, South Portland, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print