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Category: Maritime, Ships & Boats

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

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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 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

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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

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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

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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

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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