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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 10078

Letter from Leroy H. Huse to Elizabeth Mountfort, February 23, 1846

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1846-02-23 Location: Portland; Boston; Portland; Boston; Portland; Boston; Portland; Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10080

Letter from Leroy H. Huse to Elizabeth Mountfort, May 19, 1847

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1847-05-19 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 11445

Pilgrim descendents, Hallowell, 1982

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1982-11-24 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print

Item 12600

Letter concerning demise of Inter Racial Fellowship, Portland, 1936

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1936-09-19 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 14374

Cottage home, State School for Boys, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 17055

Men's Group, Presque Isle, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Presque Isle Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print

Item 19383

Harris D. Colt, Parmachenee, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Magalloway Plantation Media: Photographic print

Item 20917

Portland Athletic Club, ca. 1900

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

Item 21579

Civilian Conservation Corps Mess Hall, Bar Harbor, 1940

Contributed by: Trenton Cemetery & Keeping Society Date: 1940 Location: Bar Harbor; Mount Desert Media: Photographic print

Item 22534

Remarkable Old Men of Alfred, 1903

Contributed by: Alfred Historical Committee Date: 1903-06-26 Location: Alfred Media: Photographic print

Item 25394

Porter Memorial Hall, Ocean Park, ca. 1905

Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: circa 1905 Location: Ocean Park Media: Photographic print

Item 28642

Ku Klux Klan robe, Hollis, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1925 Location: Hollis Media: Cotton twill

Item 28836

Ku Klux Klan hood, Hollis, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1925 Location: Hollis Media: Cotton, buckram, leather

Item 31518

Letter regarding Sarah Darling, Cumberland, July 5, 1831

Contributed by: Prince Memorial Library Date: 1831-07-05 Location: Cumberland; Phippsburg Media: Handwritten in ink on rag paper, ink on paper

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Item 31794

Pauper notice of Isiah Emery, Biddeford, 1905

Contributed by: Biddeford Historical Society Date: 1905-05-27 Location: Plymouth; Biddeford Media: Ink on paper

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Item 33429

David Webber letter to Cumberland Overseers of the Poor, 1830

Contributed by: Prince Memorial Library Date: 1830 Location: Harpswell; Cumberland Media: Handwritten in ink on rag paper

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Item 33439

Letter regarding Sarah Darling, Cumberland, June 4, 1831

Contributed by: Prince Memorial Library Date: 1831 Location: Brunswick; Cumberland Media: Handwritten in ink on rag paper

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Item 33513

Samuel Easters indenture document, Cumberland, 1826

Contributed by: Prince Memorial Library Date: 1826 Location: Cumberland Media: Printed and handwritten in ink on rag paper

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Item 65047

Community Christmas Club program cover, Surry, 1971

Contributed by: Surry Historical Society Date: 1971 Location: Surry Media: Typed and mimeographed paper program

Item 70814

View of Atlantic, Swan's Island, 1916

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: 1916-08-28 Location: Swan's Island Media: Postcard

Item 78418

New Odd Fellows Hall, Portland, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Greater Portland Landmarks Date: circa 1930 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 78830

G.F. Shepley acceptance to American Metric Bureau, 1876

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1876 Location: Portland; Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 78837

Mechanics Institute of Rumford, ca. 1911

Contributed by: Greater Rumford Area Historical Society Date: circa 1911 Location: Rumford Media: Photographic print

Item 79389

Mechanics Institute Gymnasium, Rumford, 1911

Contributed by: Greater Rumford Area Historical Society Date: 1911-11-09 Location: Rumford Media: Booklet, ink on paper