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- Historical Items (160)
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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
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
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
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
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1904 Location: Portland Media: Ink on Linen
Item 6036
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