Category: Maritime, Ships & Boats
- Historical Items (1338)
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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 36602
Saco River wharves, Biddeford-Saco, ca. 1894
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1894 Location: Biddeford; Saco Media: Photographic print
Item 40309
Camouflaged ships, Casco Bay, 1918
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1918 Media: Watercolor on paper
Item 50317
Allan F. Everett, Charles B. Clark and Carl E. Milliken, Portland Harbor, 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1920 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 55113
Hills Beach, Biddeford, ca. 1910
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Biddeford Media: Postcard
Item 55122
Schooner 'Bowdoin,' Greenland, 1939, 1939
Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1939 Location: Kangerdluk Fjord Media: Photo negative
Item 64430
House Island from Peaks Island, ca. 1890
Courtesy of Douglas Noble, an individual partner Date: circa 1890 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 66175
Boats in the harbor, Bailey Island, ca. 1935
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1935 Location: Bailey Island Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 66502
Kennebunk River Club, Kennebunkport, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Kennebunkport Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 66599
Lake Maranacook, Winthrop, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Winthrop Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 66637
Boats on Long Lake, Naples, ca. 1935
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1935 Location: Naples Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 67325
'USS Braine,' Boston Navy Yard, 1945
Contributed by: National Archives at Boston Date: 1945 Location: Boston Media: Photographic print
Item 67326
'USS Wakefield' under tow, Boston, 1942
Contributed by: National Archives at Boston Date: 1942 Location: Boston Media: Photographic print
Item 67668
Aquia Creek Landing, Virginia, ca. 1863
Contributed by: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division through Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Location: Aquia Creek Media: Digital image of glass negative
Item 68671
Messalonskee Lake and canoes, Oakland, ca. 1935
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1935 Location: Oakland Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 87969
West Side View, Machiasport, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Machiasport Media: Glass Negative
Item 100582
Samuel Washburn on Chancellorsville, 1862
Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1862 Location: City Point 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 101827
"The Owners Ship Eagle in Account Current with Henry Skinner," 1791
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1791 Location: Havana Media: Ink on paper
Item 102334
James Boyle writes to Joseph Murray regarding Paris Convention, Waterville, 1927
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1927-05-14 Location: Waterville; Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 102348
Breakfast menu on the R.M.S. Carmania, October, 1927
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1927-10-05 Location: London; Boston Media: Ink on paper
Item 102866
The christening of the S.S. "Belgrade," South Portland, 1918
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1918-10-11 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 102874
Christening of the S.S. "Orhom," South Portland, 1919
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1919-04-02 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print
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 105903
Grimes Cove and Ocean Point, East Boothbay, ca. 1915
Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1915 Location: Boothbay Media: Glass Plate Negative