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Category: Nature & Geography, Weather & Disasters

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 19069

Forest Department camp, Tumbledown, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Maine Forest Service Date: circa 1925 Location: T5 R6 BKP WKR Media: Photographic print

Item 19085

Dousing campfire, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Maine Forest Service Date: circa 1930 Media: Photographic print

Item 19092

Seasonal activities on an Aroostook farm, Monticello, 1928 to 1944

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1928–1944 Location: Monticello Media: MP3

Item 20327

Fire, Deering High School, Portland, 1921

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1921-05-21 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 20536

Madawaska Stream, Stockholm. ca. 1920

Contributed by: Stockholm Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Stockholm Media: Photographic print

Item 20650

Winter, Madawaska Lake, ca. 1930

Contributed by: New Sweden Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: New Sweden Media: Photographic print

Item 20787

Fire, Middle Street, Portland, ca. 1909

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1909 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 21328

First car to cross Penobscot Bay on ice, 1917

Contributed by: Belfast Historical Society Date: 1917 Location: Belfast Media: Photographic print

Item 22428

Alice Greele's tavern, Portland, 1775

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1775 Location: Portland Media: Pencil, pen on paper

Item 22760

Great Freshet, Brunswick, 1896

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1896-03-02 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Item 25971

Burning of Second Parish Church, Portland, 1866

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1866 Location: Portland Media: Oil on canvas

Item 26440

Winter event, Good Will Home, Fairfield, ca. 1915

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: circa 1910 Location: Fairfield Media: Glass Negative

Item 26662

Prison Brooms to the Train Depot, Thomaston, 1915

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print

Item 26848

CCC camp, Jefferson, ca. 1933

Contributed by: Maine Forest Service Date: circa 1933 Location: Jefferson Media: Photographic print

Item 27169

Lightning Strike, Baptist Church Steeple, Thomaston 1992

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: 1992-06-14 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print

Item 30696

Remains of Guilford Town Hall after fire of 1928

Contributed by: Guilford Historical Society Date: 1928-02-06 Location: Guilford Media: Photographic print

Item 31252

Bangor fire ruins, 1911

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1911 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Item 31254

Opening streets after fire, Bangor, 1911

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1911 Location: Bangor Media: Lantern slide

Item 31286

Post Office Demolition, Bangor, ca. 1913

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1913 Location: Bangor Media: Lantern slide

Item 31311

Repairing Electric Lines on Exchange Street, Bangor, 1911

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1911 Location: Bangor Media: Glass Negative

Item 31665

Josiah Pierce on flooded Androscoggin, Brunswick, 1843

Contributed by: Pierce Family Collection through Maine Historical Society Date: 1843-05-05 Location: Brunswick Media: Ink on paper

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Item 31679

Main Street, Saco, after the fire of December 9, 1912

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1912-12-09 Location: Saco Media: Photographic print

Item 67326

'USS Wakefield' under tow, Boston, 1942

Contributed by: National Archives at Boston Date: 1942 Location: Boston Media: Photographic print

Item 99426

Remnants of the Diamond National & Hooper Street Fire, Biddeford, 1963

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1963-04-20 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print