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Category: Nature & Geography, Exploration, Explorers & surveyors

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

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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

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Item 9568

King's Pine Journal, Brunswick, 1768

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1768 Location: Brunswick Media: Paper, ink

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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

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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