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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 79566

Minesweeper Construction at Gamage Shipyard, South Bristol, ca. 1942

Contributed by: South Bristol Historical Society Date: circa 1942 Location: South Bristol Media: Photographic print

Item 79912

Le Messager Newspaper Staff, 175 Lincoln Street, Lewiston, 1908

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 1908 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print

Item 97581

Pvt. John Sheahan letter on picket duty, Virginia, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102431

District-Wireless Station, Cushing Island, Maine, ca. 1914

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1914 Location: Cushing Island Media: Photographic print

Item 109063

View of Lincolnville Center, Lincolnville, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1915 Location: Lincolnville Center Media: Glass Plate Negative

Item 148458

Civil Air Patrol commander Guy P. Gannett, ca. 1942

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1942 Media: Photographic print

Item 5755

Result of fire, Belfast, 1885

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1885-07-12 Location: Belfast Media: Stereograph

Item 9643

Margaret Chase Smith shows off Telstar, 1962

Contributed by: Margaret Chase Smith Library Date: 1962-08-01 Location: Skowhegan; Andover Media: Photographic print

Item 18058

Switchboard operators, 1939

Contributed by: Telephone Museum Date: 1939-04-13 Location: Lewiston; Ellsworth Media: Photographic print

Item 27059

Dark Harbor Post Office, Islesboro, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Islesboro Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Islesboro Media: Photographic print

Item 67315

Otter Cliffs radio receiver, 1918

Contributed by: National Archives at Boston Date: 1918 Media: Photographic print

Item 76882

Schooner 'Bowdoin' melting out, Refuge Harbor, Greenland, 1924

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1924 Media: Photographic print

Item 101080

Kimball Block, Bethel, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Bethel Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Bethel 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 105876

Back Meadow Street, Nobleboro, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1915 Location: Nobleboro Media: Glass Plate Negative