Category: Maritime, Ships & Boats
- Historical Items (1352)
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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 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
Item 108654
A. B. Thwings Store at Days Ferry, Woolwich, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Woolwich; Woolwich Media: Glass Plate Negative
Item 148211
Contributed by: City of Portland - Planning & Development Date: 1887-08-20 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 148221
Fish Inspector's station and schooner, Union Wharf, Portland, 1887
Contributed by: City of Portland - Planning & Development Date: 1887-04-09 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 6798
Copy of letter from Samuel Graves to Philip Stephens, 1775
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1775-10-09 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 6964
Painting of the Edward H. Crockett, 1944
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1944 Location: Portland Media: Oil on canvas
Item 8871
Four-mast bark 'Roanoke' under sail, 1892
Contributed by: Maine Maritime Museum Date: 1892 Media: Glass Negative
Item 8872
Contributed by: Maine Maritime Museum Date: 1893 Location: Phippsburg Media: Photographic print
Item 11528
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1935 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper, photographs
Item 17836
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad ice reefer in Searsport, ca. 1965
Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: circa 1965 Location: Searsport Media: Photographic print
Item 21099
Instrument Panel on 38' Buoy Boat, ca. 1943
Contributed by: Great Harbor Maritime Museum Date: circa 1943 Location: Mount Desert; Ellsworth Media: Photographic print