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Category: Science & Technology, Communications

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 5566

Telephone operations in Norway, ca. 1956

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1956 Location: Norway Media: Photographic print

Item 9077

Looking Southwesterly from Elm Street, Skowhegan, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1900 Location: Skowhegan Media: Stereograph

Item 11014

Phone company, Bryant Pond, 1981

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1981-01-28 Location: Bryant Pond Media: Photographic print

Item 11186

Hand-crank phone hearing, Bryant Pond, 1982

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1982-02-11 Location: Bryant Pond; Bryant Pond Media: Photographic print

Item 11238

Hand-cranked phones to be replaced, Bryant Pond, 1982

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1982-06-25 Location: Bryant Pond Media: Photographic print

Item 14619

Fort Kent Telephone Company switchboard, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Fort Kent Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Fort Kent Media: Wood, metal

Item 19305

Ida Skinner letter to brother, 1903

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1903 Location: Lewiston; Saco Media: Ink on paper

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Item 23032

Montgomery Ward radio, Mapleton, 1929

Contributed by: Haystack Historical Society Date: 1929 Location: Mapleton Media: Wood

Item 25449

Earth Station, Andover, 1962

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1962 Location: Andover Media: Photographic print

Item 25450

Satellite System Earth Station, Andover, 1962

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1962 Location: Andover Media: Photographic print

Item 25451

Telstar antenna model, Andover, 1962

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1962 Location: Andover Media: Photographic print

Item 25452

Radome, Andover, 1962

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1962 Location: Andover Media: Photographic print

Item 25461

Horn antenna, Andover, 1962

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1962 Location: Andover Media: Photographic print

Item 26101

Bell Telephone Earth Station, Andover, 1962

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1962 Location: Andover Media: Postcard

Item 26102

Earth Station Radome, Andover, ca. 1962

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1962 Location: Andover Media: Postcard

Item 26103

'Big Bubble,' Andover, ca. 1962

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1962 Location: Andover Media: Postcard

Item 26104

Andover Earth Station, ca. 1962

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1962 Location: Andover Media: Postcard

Item 26106

Telstar Earth Station, Andover, ca. 1962

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1962 Location: Andover Media: Postcard

Item 27109

Telephone Switchboard, Islesboro, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Islesboro Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: Islesboro Media: Wood, metal, cord

Item 27110

Telephone Booth, Islesboro, ca. 1919

Contributed by: Islesboro Historical Society Date: circa 1919 Location: Islesboro Media: Metal, wood, glass

Item 34778

Telephone operator's building, Lincoln, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Lincoln Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Lincoln Media: Photographic print

Item 74467

Hiram Alden telegram to F.O.J. Smith, 1853

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1853 Location: Belfast Media: Ink on paper

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Item 101141

Donna Sue Collins with telephone, Dixfield, ca. 1948

Contributed by: Dixfield Historical Society Date: circa 1948 Location: Dixfield Media: Photographic print

Item 5895

Comsat radome receiver station, Andover, 1980

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1980-09-17 Location: Andover Media: Photographic print