Category: Nature & Geography, Exploration, Explorers & surveyors
- Historical Items (125)
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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 28774
Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary in dress uniform, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Maine State Museum Date: circa 1910 Media: Photographic print
Item 28777
The S.S. "Roosevelt," ca. 1908
Contributed by: Maine State Museum Date: circa 1908 Location: New York Media: Lantern slide
Item 28951
Alexander Longfellow, Portland, 1880
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1880 Location: Portland Media: Oil on canvas
Item 28953
On Richmond Island, Cape Elizabeth, 1850
Contributed by: NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Date: 1850 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Ink on paper
Item 33633
Benjamin Chesley, Lincoln, ca. 1850
Contributed by: Lincoln Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Lincoln Media: Photographic print
Item 55114
West Greenland women aboard the 'Bowdoin,' 1926
Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1926 Media: Photo negative
Item 76879
MacMillan navigating from 'ice bucket,' 1940
Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1940 Media: Transparency
Item 100203
Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow, Portland, ca. 1855
Contributed by: NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Date: circa 1855 Location: Portland Media: Daguerreotype
Item 5279
Maine Centennial Parade float, 'Dawn of Discovery,' Portland, 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1920-07-05 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 5424
Surveying crew at Madawaska, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Madawaska Media: Glass Negative
Item 9221
Copy of a letter on backlots near Kennebec River, 1774
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1774 Media: Ink on paper
Item 9383
Robert Pagan to Ward Chipman, May 14, 1798
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1798-05-14 Location: Calais; St. Andrews Media: Ink on paper
Item 9568
King's Pine Journal, Brunswick, 1768
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1768 Location: Brunswick Media: Paper, ink
Item 9599
Mucalesa Mountain from Mucalesa Pond, Talcott Survey, 1841
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1841 Media: Phototransparency
Item 10036
Olof O. Nylander and photographer Delmar B. Lovejoy, Presque Isle, 1933, 1933
Contributed by: Nylander Museum Date: 1933-08-20 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print
Item 10040
Volcanic crater, Winterville, 1932
Contributed by: Nylander Museum Date: circa 1932 Location: Winterville Media: Photographic print
Item 12592
Capt. MacMillan, Schooner Bowdoin, 1925
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1925 Location: Wiscasset Media: Glass Negative
Item 14312
Andrew Berry, Smyrna, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1895 Location: Smyrna Media: Photographic print
Item 14613
Measuring wheel, Fort Kent, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Fort Kent Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Fort Kent Media: Steel, wood
Item 15560
Narrative of voyage to Pemaquid, 1677
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1677 Media: Ink on paper
Item 22466
Militia Soldiers at Prouts Neck, ca. 1850
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Scarborough Media: Watercolor on paper
Item 22488
Southwest Branch of the St. John River, 1845
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1845 Media: Ink on paper
Item 22491
Alexander W. Longfellow, Portland, ca. 1825
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1825 Location: Portland Media: Watercolor
Item 23743
Sachem III leaving Wiscasset, June 19, 1926
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1926-06-19 Location: Wiscasset Media: Glass Negative