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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 35253

Maine School of Practical Nursing graduating class, Waterville, 1958

Contributed by: Kennebec Valley Community College Archive Date: 1958 Location: Waterville Media: Photographic print

Item 35397

Saco Falls, mill dams and mills, Biddeford, 1912

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1912 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 35490

Stream at low water, Aroostook County, ca. 1900

Contributed by: D'Anne Baillargeon through Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library Date: circa 1900 Media: Glass Negative

Item 37354

John M. Gould, Portland, 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1920 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 37355

John Mead Gould, Portland, 1913

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1913 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 41805

The Tuck-Ferguson House, Biddeford, 1953

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1953 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 55122

Schooner 'Bowdoin,' Greenland, 1939, 1939

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1939 Location: Kangerdluk Fjord Media: Photo negative

Item 59531

Letter seeking back pay, Virginia, 1861

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Alexandria Media: Ink on paper

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Item 59532

Warren Fowler letter seeking help, 1863

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

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Item 59536

Receipt for apples for wounded soldiers, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863-04-21 Location: Emory Media: Ink on paper

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Item 60172

Letter on behalf of ill soldier, Virginia, 1863

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

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Item 60279

Plea for furlough for ill soldier, 1863

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

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Item 61634

Request for information about missing soldier, Princeton, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Princeton Media: Ink on paper

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Item 61638

Soldier's request to be sent home, Washington, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Washington Media: Ink on paper

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Item 67326

'USS Wakefield' under tow, Boston, 1942

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

Item 68020

Miriam Haley letter to William Haley Jr., 1865

Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1865-06-18 Location: Savannah; Sebago Media: Ink on paper

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Item 71170

Togus Veterans' Hospital view, 1885

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: 1885 Location: Togus Media: Ink on paper, lithograph

Item 99133

Charcoal House, Oriental Powder Mills, Gorham and Windham, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Windham; Gorham Media: Photographic print

Item 100481

Freeland Holmes' Civil War Cap, Foxcroft, ca. 1862

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: circa 1862 Location: Foxcroft Media: Wool, brass

Item 100903

G.M. Atwood letter to J.L. Hodsdon about the 24th Maine Regiment, Augusta, 1862

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1862-09-23 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100916

Champlain Society Report of the Secretary, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1882-1883

Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: 1882–1883 Location: Mount Desert; Cambridge Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100918

Champlain Society camp log, Northeast Harbor, 1884

Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: 1884 Location: Mount Desert Media: Ink on paper, bound book

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Item 102299

Sumner Cobb writes from Camp Taylor, Louisville, Kentucky, 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1918-10-11 Location: Louisville; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102866

The christening of the S.S. "Belgrade," South Portland, 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1918-10-11 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print