Category: Government, Politics & Law, People in Government
- Historical Items (831)
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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 101258
Samuel Adams to James Warren, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1776
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-10-17 Location: Springfield; Watertown Media: Ink on paper
Item 101266
Franklin, Harrison, and Morris on Revolutionary War, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1776
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-08-07 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper
Item 101414
Margaret Chase Smith on campaign spending, Washington, D.C., 1972
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1972-05-12 Location: Portland; Washington Media: Ink on paper
Item 101668
Elihu Washburne on school and measles at Kents Hill, 1836
Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1836-04-10 Location: Readfield; Augusta ; Boston Media: Ink on paper
Item 102141
Rufus King on a Biddeford farm for sale, Newburyport, 1782
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1782-10-23 Location: Biddeford; Newburyport; Dunstable; Boston Media: Ink on paper
Item 103237
Ransford W. Shaw’s law office, Houlton, 1908
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1908-12-29 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print
Item 103262
Allocation of money for the children of the late John B. Russwurm, Yarmouth, 1852
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1852-07-06 Location: Yarmouth Media: Ink on paper
Item 103657
John Chandler to Henry Dearborn about coasting law and its potential repeal, Monmouth, 1816
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1816 Location: Monmouth; Boston Media: Ink on paper
Item 105169
President William H. Taft, Houlton, 1917
Courtesy of Henry Gartley, an individual partner Date: 1917-05-17 Location: Houlton Media: Postcard
Item 116244
Re-Elect (David) Crook District Attorney, ca. 1994
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1994 Media: Cotton, ink
Item 135850
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1972 Media: Photographic print
Item 148231
Portland Head Light, Cape Elizabeth, 1887
Contributed by: City of Portland - Planning & Development Date: 1887-06-18 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Photographic print
Item 148236
Residence of Albion Little, Western Promenade, Portland, 1887
Contributed by: City of Portland - Planning & Development Date: 1887-02-17 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 10812
President Kennedy honorary degree, Orono, 1963
Contributed by: Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library Date: 1963-10-19 Location: Orono Media: Photographic print
Item 5295
Horace Nicholas guides Governor Milliken in canoe, Portland, 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1920-07-03 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 9645
JFK arrives in Maine for Honorary Degree, 1963
Contributed by: Margaret Chase Smith Library Date: 1963-10-19 Location: Washington; Skowhegan; Orono Media: Photographic print
Item 9842
Welcome to Governor Percival Baxter, 1924
Contributed by: Ste. Agathe Historical Society Date: 1924 Location: Saint Agatha Media: Photographic print, digital image
Item 10468
Contributed by: Margaret Chase Smith Library Date: 1924-11-20 Location: Skowhegan Media: Playbill
Item 10502
King Tavern and Customs House, Bath, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: circa 1920 Location: Bath Media: Lithograph Postcard
Item 18742
Frederick Alton Powers, Houlton, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Houlton Media: Oil painting
Item 20597
Neal Dow house, Portland, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 20919
Blaines and guests, Bar Harbor, 1889
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1889 Location: Bar Harbor; Bar Harbor Media: Photographic print
Item 23449
Gov. Coburn house, parade, Skowhegan, ca. 1885
Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1885 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print
Item 23660
Governor Percival P. Baxter and Council, Augusta, 1923
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1923 Location: Augusta Media: Glass Negative