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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.


Mystery Corner Item

Item 29278

Unidentified man, Lewiston, ca. 1900

Mystery Corner Item Who? When? Help!

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

Item 1130

The McIntyre family, Houlton, ca. 1900

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

Item 12363

Chapel of Our Savior, Brunswick

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1887–2005 Location: Brunswick Media: Photograph, print

Item 73

Chadwick brothers, Portland, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 108716

"The Meeting House 2; All Present" by Daniel Minter, Portland, 2020

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 40162

Flood, Bangor, 1902

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1902-03-20 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Item 103260

Letter of Attorney from John B. Russwurm to Jacob G. Loving, Liberia, 1851

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1851-02-28 Location: Cape Palmas; North Yarmouth; Yarmouth Media: Ink on paper

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Item 103969

African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church parsonage, Portland, 1923

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1923 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 21327

Belfast baseball team, 1899

Contributed by: Belfast Historical Society Date: 1899 Location: Belfast Media: Photographic print

Item 185

Woman and children, Portland, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Portland Media: Color transparency

Item 6277

Abyssinian Church, Portland, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Portland Media: Pencil on paper

Item 9245

Creation of the Abyssinian Congregational Church, Portland, 1835

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1835-07-27 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9995

On the Pier, Portland, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Maritime Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland; Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 103746

Chansonetta Stanley Emmons, Charleston, South Carolina, 1926

Contributed by: Stanley Museum on deposit at Maine Historical Society Date: 1926 Location: Charleston Media: Photographic print

Item 103968

John E. Gaskill, Portland, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1925 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 9821

Dr. Salustiano Fanduiz, Brunswick, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1895 Location: Brunswick; Harpswell Media: Photograph, print

Item 105943

Guarding the railways, Morkill, ca. 1942

Contributed by: Monson Historical Society Date: circa 1942 Location: Morkill Media: photographic print

Item 53713

Alpha Rho Upsilon, Bowdoin College, 1948

Contributed by: Bowdoin College Library Date: 1948 Location: Brunswick Media: Ink on paper

Item 108737

"The Meeting House" by Daniel Minter, 2020

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2020 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Mystery Corner Item

Item 6318

Maine State Prison barber, Thomaston, ca. 1900

Mystery Corner Item What is this man's name?

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

Item 29287

Soldiers in truck, North Yarmouth, 1942

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1942 Location: North Yarmouth Media: Photographic print

Mystery Corner Item

Item 7919

Cadet training camp musician, Harpswell, 1896

Mystery Corner Item Can you identify the man with the autoharp?

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1896 Location: Harpswell Media: Photoprint

Item 23916

George W. Pierce on black student at Bowdoin, 1824

Contributed by: Pierce Family Collection through Maine Historical Society Date: 1824 Location: Brunswick Media: Ink on paper

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Item 99381

George Washington Kemp, Leeds, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Elaine Kemp Bragdon through Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Leeds Media: Photograph of crayon portrait