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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 12055

E.C. Jordan's letter regarding boundary of Deering, 1878

Contributed by: City of Portland Dept. of Public Works Date: 1878 Location: Portland; Westbrook Media: Ink on paper

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Item 14610

Surveyor's compass, Fort Kent, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Fort Kent Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Fort Kent Media: Metal, glass

Item 18429

Surveyor's compass, Portland, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1836 Location: Portland Media: Brass, wood, glass

Item 19008

Crowd seeing Donald B. MacMillan off, Wiscasset, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1927 Location: Wiscasset Media: Glass Negative

Item 19364

Deane journal of Northeast Boundary Commission, 1838

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1838 Media: Ink on paper, leather binding

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Item 23295

Naval Officers, Wiscasset, 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1925 Location: Wiscasset Media: Glass Negative

Item 23740

Crew in rigging of Bowdoin, Wiscasset, 1926

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1926-06-19 Location: Wiscasset Media: Glass Negative

Item 23741

Governor Brewster, Commander MacMillan, Wiscasset, June 19, 1926

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1926-06-19 Location: Wiscasset Media: Glass Negative

Item 24969

Schooners Bowdoin and Sachem III leaving Wiscasset, 1926

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1926-06-19 Location: Wiscasset Media: Glass Negative

Item 28768

Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary, ca. 1909

Contributed by: Maine State Museum Date: circa 1909 Media: Photographic print

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 34714

John Winter invoices, Richmond Island, 1634

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1634 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Ink on paper

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Item 54915

The schooner 'Bowdoin' at sea, 1934

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1934 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 76976

Inuit man aboard 'Bowdoin,' 1947

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1947 Location: Thule 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 102274

Portland Company engineering drawing for the boiler in Admiral Peary's "SS Roosevelt," Portland, 1904

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1904 Location: Portland Media: Ink on Linen

Item 6036

Quadrant, ca. 1800

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1800 Media: Ebony, ivory, brass

Item 6317

Thomas Steele "discovers" lake near Matagamon Lake, 1879

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1879 Location: Mattamiscontis Twp. Media: Ink on paper