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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 9597

View from Station 212, Talcott survey, 1841

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1841 Media: Phototransparency

Item 17395

Sketch with Camera Lucida, ca. 1841

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1841 Media: Transparency

Item 9600

Cocumgomucsis Lake view to Katahdin, Talcott Survey, 1841

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1840 Media: Phototransparency

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 6641

Compass, Westbrook, ca. 1800

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1800 Location: Westbrook Media: Metal, paper, wood

Item 7542

St. Georges Fort plan, Phippsburg, 1607

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1607-11-07 Location: Phippsburg Media: Ink on linen

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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 10977

Unusual archaeological site found, 1980

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1980-10-16 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print

Item 11833

Index Map of International Boundary, 1930

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1930 Media: Ink on paper, map

Item 12592

Capt. MacMillan, Schooner Bowdoin, 1925

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

Item 13932

Mariner's Compass, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Media: Brass, glass, wood

Item 14312

Andrew Berry, Smyrna, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1895 Location: Smyrna Media: Photographic print

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

Item 23744

Donald B. MacMillan, Wiscasset, 1926

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