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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 6049
North Yarmouth Copy of the Declaration of Independence, 1776
Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1776-07-04 Location: Philadelphia Media: Paper
Item 67315
Otter Cliffs radio receiver, 1918
Contributed by: National Archives at Boston Date: 1918 Media: Photographic print
Item 47797
Porter family, Rockland, ca. 1857
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1857 Location: Bangor; Rockland Media: Ambrotype
Item 16108
John Neal letter about his writings, 1856
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1856 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 31289
Telephone Exchange burning, Bangor, 1911
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1911-04-30 Location: Bangor Media: Lantern slide
Item 61877
Lillian 'Lil' Smith, telephone operator for Swan's Island, ca. 1950
Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print
Item 61878
Gwen May remembers working the Swan's Island telephone switchboard in the 1960s
Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1960 Location: Swan's Island Media: Mp3
Item 31082
Fog Horn, Scarborough, ca. 1945
Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1945 Location: Scarborough Media: Aluminum
Item 101534
Annie May Colby celebrating, Westport, 1944
Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1944-05-03 Location: Westport Island; Woolwich; Bath Media: Photographic print
Item 25449
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1962 Location: Andover Media: Photographic print
Item 6037
Police siren, Portland, ca. 1820
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1820 Location: Portland Media: Wood, iron
Item 10800
Letter from James Bowdoin to General Peleg Wadsworth, 1780
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1780-09-12 Location: Boston; Castine Media: Ink on paper
Item 18050
Telephone Central Office Building, Lewiston, 1903
Contributed by: Telephone Museum Date: 1903 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print
Item 26106
Telstar Earth Station, Andover, ca. 1962
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1962 Location: Andover Media: Postcard
Item 67314
Navy baseball team, Otter Cliffs, ca. 1918
Contributed by: National Archives at Boston Date: 1918 Media: Photographic print
Item 18051
Switchboard operators, Lewiston, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Telephone Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Lewiston; Ellsworth Media: Photographic print
Item 18053
Winnie McCarthy, Lewiston, ca. 1911
Contributed by: Telephone Museum Date: circa 1911 Location: Lewiston; Ellsworth Media: Photographic print
Item 25461
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1962 Location: Andover Media: Photographic print
Item 18078
Switchboard and Sub-set, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Telephone Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Ellsworth; Lewiston Media: Photographic print
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 25450
Satellite System Earth Station, Andover, 1962
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1962 Location: Andover Media: Photographic print
Item 26102
Earth Station Radome, Andover, ca. 1962
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1962 Location: Andover Media: Postcard
Item 74832
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1933 Media: Glass
Item 11467
Letter to Joseph Houlton - June 26, 1809
Contributed by: Cary Library Date: 1809 Location: Boston; St. John; Eastport Media: Ink on paper
