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Category: Government, Politics & Law, People in Government

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Edmund S. Muskie, 1972

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

The Rose Girl, 1924

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