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Category: Government, Politics & Law, People in Government, Presidents

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 51297

Washington letter to Henry Knox, 1789

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1789 Location: Washington Media: Ink on paper

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Item 51318

George Washington to Tobias Lear, Savannah, 1791

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1791 Location: Savannah Media: Ink on paper

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Item 57185

Dr. Eben Bennet, Lubec, ca. 1910, ca. 1910

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

Item 57196

Dr. Eben Bennet, Lubec, ca. 1915, ca. 1915

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

Item 79084

Franklin Pierce invitation to G.F. Shepley, 1855

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1855 Location: Portland; Washington Media: Ink on paper

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Item 80478

William S. Cohen With President Clinton and Secretary Albright, ca. 2000

Contributed by: Raymond H. Fogler Library Date: circa 2000 Location: Washington Media: Photographic print

Item 80973

Ruth Mayhew letter to Rebecca Usher, Ottawa, Kansas, 1866

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1866 Location: Hollis; Ottawa Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100332

Letter on end of war, Lincoln's death, New Orleans, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865-05-01 Location: New Orleans Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102568

Storer Mansion, Kennebunk, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Brick Store Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Kennebunk Media: Glass Negative

Item 103819

FDR asks Mainers for vote, Portland, 1932

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1932-10-31 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 104394

President Theodore Roosevelt in Monument Square, Portland, 1902

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1902-08-26 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 104400

President Theodore Roosevelt and Thomas Brackett Reed at 32 Deering Street, Portland, 1902

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1902-08-26 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 109082

Railroad station, Brooks, ca. 1910

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

Item 110543

Mourning armband for George Washington, ca. 1799

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1799 Media: silk, ink

Item 110544

Mourning badge for Abraham Lincoln, ca. 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Media: silk

Item 23619

President Taft, Biddeford Pool, 1910

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1910-07-28 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 23620

William Howard Taft, Biddeford Pool, July 28, 1910

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1910-07-28 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 25532

William Howard Taft, Poland Spring, 1911

Contributed by: Poland Spring Preservation Society Date: 1911 Media: Photographic print

Item 28783

Lincoln/Hamlin Campaign Flag, 1860

Contributed by: Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum Date: 1860 Media: Printed fabric

Item 31743

Josiah Pierce on Pierce inauguration, Washington, D.C., 1853

Contributed by: Pierce Family Collection through Maine Historical Society Date: 1853 Location: Washington Media: Ink on paper

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Item 34949

President Roosevelt in schooner, June 1933, 1933

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1933-06-29 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Item 35262

President Taft visits Biddeford Pool, 1910

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1910-07-28 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 51323

George Washington to John Wheelock, New York, 1781

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1781 Location: Hanover Media: Ink on paper

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Item 60548

Franklin Roosevelt schooner in Lubec Narrows, 1936, 1936

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1936 Location: Lubec Media: Postcard