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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 5895

Comsat radome receiver station, Andover, 1980

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

Item 6219

Fire alarm pull box, Eliot, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Eliot Baha'i Archives Date: circa 1860 Location: Eliot Media: Photographic print

Item 14607

Edison Primary Cell, S-90

Contributed by: Fort Kent Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: Fort Kent Media: Glass and metal

Item 1143

Deadly poison warning, Portland, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 5566

Telephone operations in Norway, ca. 1956

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

Item 5759

Reservoir on Bramhall's Hill, Portland, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Media: Stereograph

Item 6130

Processing Maine ore, New Jersey, ca. 1954

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1954 Media: Photographic print

Item 6131

Chemist extracting manganese, New Jersey, 1954

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1954 Media: Photographic print

Item 7895

Ripogenus Dam, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: T3 R11 WELS Media: Photoprint

Item 8876

Baker's dozen at Maine General Hospital, Portland, 1953

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1953-03-11 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 8977

North Channel Dam, Skowhegan, ca. 1902

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: 1902 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print

Item 9046

Skowhegan Dam, from North Channel Bridge

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1905 Location: Skowhegan 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 14389

Wooden Water Pipe

Contributed by: Hose 5 Fire Museum Date: circa 1850 Location: Bangor Media: Wood

Item 14619

Fort Kent Telephone Company switchboard, c. 1895

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

Item 15871

Dam on Mill Street, Springvale

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative

Item 16504

The Dam at Bridge Street, ca. 1907

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1907 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative

Item 18415

Peter F. Sanborn letter concerning diphtheria deaths, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper

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Item 18416

Sarah Sanborn letter on death, disease, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Kents Hill; Augusta Media: Ink on paper

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Item 18417

Sarah Sanborn letter to father, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Readfield; Augusta Media: Ink on paper

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Item 18423

Peter Sanborn letter to daughter, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Kents Hill; Augusta Media: Ink on paper

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