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Category: People, National Figures

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 26661

Knox Stable, Thomaston, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1871 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print

Item 28445

Brick from Montpelier, Thomaston, 1794

Contributed by: The General Henry Knox Museum Date: circa 1794 Location: Thomaston Media: Brick

Item 31597

One of Fred Watson's spurs, Biddeford, ca. 1885

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1885 Location: Biddeford; Medora Media: Metal and leather

Item 66543

Booth Tarkington's Home, Kennebunkport, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Kennebunkport Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 103178

President Warren G. Harding, Crawford House, NH, August 1921

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1921-08-03 Location: Carroll Media: Glass Negative

Item 104382

Amelia Earhart's visit to Maine airports, 1933

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1933 Location: Scarborough Media: Photographic print

Item 104613

Eleanor Roosevelt posed under a tree, Mount Vernon, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1930 Location: Mount Vernon Media: Glass Negative

Item 104614

Eleanor Roosevelt, Mount Vernon, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1930 Location: Mount Vernon Media: Glass Negative

Item 105111

Crowd awaits General Pershing, Portland, 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1920 Location: Portland Media: Glass Plate Negative

Item 134

Theodore Roosevelt, Old Orchard Beach, 1902

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1902-08-26 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Photographic print

Item 1280

Benedict Arnold letter to Capt. Farnsworth, 1775

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1775-09-29 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper

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Item 1281

Benedict Arnold letter, along the Dead River, 1775

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1775 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 1283

Letter describing burning of Falmouth, 1775

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1775 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 1286

Letter to George Washington on burning of Falmouth, 1775

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1775-10-24 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 1368

Letter with paper from Arnold's march to Quebec, 1868

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1775 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper

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Item 1370

Booth Tarkington dictating a story to Elizabeth Trotter, 1938

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1938-07-27 Location: Kennebunkport Media: Photographic print

Item 1372

Front entrance, Booth Tarkington home, Kennebunkport, 1938

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1938-07-27 Location: Kennebunkport Media: Photographic print

Item 1373

Front entrance to Seawood, Kennebunkport, 1938

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1938-07-27 Location: Kennebunkport Media: Photographic print

Item 5248

Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, ca. 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1862 Media: Carte de visite

Item 5255

President Abraham Lincoln, ca. 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1862 Media: Carte de visite

Item 5464

Benedict Arnold, ca. 1780

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1780 Media: Engraving

Item 5748

Certificate of Appreciation, ca. 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1917 Media: Paper

Item 6117

Nixons and Guy P. Gannett, 1952

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1952 Location: Augusta; Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 6335

Ted Williams fishing, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: circa 1950 Media: Silver gelatin print