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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 9101

True, Heald and Walker, Lovell, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Lovell Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Lovell Media: Postcard

Item 11093

Don't Yank the Crank Committee, Bryant Pond, 1981

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1981-09-22 Location: Bryant Pond Media: Photographic print

Item 11804

Victrola IV, 1912

Contributed by: Abel J. Morneault Memorial Library Date: 1912 Location: Van Buren Media: Metal and wood

Item 12836

Houle's Pharmacy, Forest Avenue, Portland, 1954

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

Item 15927

Men Hoisting Telephone Pole After the 1905 Fire

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

Item 17324

Model of the Portland Observatory, ca. 1905

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Portland Media: Painted wood

Item 18052

Night Operators, Lewiston, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Telephone Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Lewiston; Ellsworth Media: Photographic print

Item 18066

Switchboard Operators, 1883

Contributed by: Telephone Museum Date: 1883 Location: Ellsworth; Lewiston Media: Photographic print

Item 23063

Maine Street, Brunswick, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1870 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Item 23301

Lineman, Katahdin Avenue, Millinocket, ca. 1926

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1926 Location: Millinocket Media: Photographic print

Item 24017

Staff of Biddeford Telephone Exchange, ca. 1900

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1900 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 27139

Somerset Telephone Company Telephone Directory, 1969

Contributed by: New Portland Historical Society Date: 1969 Location: New Portland; New Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 35447

Loading telephone poles, Masardis, ca. 1895

Contributed by: D'Anne Baillargeon through Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library Date: circa 1895 Location: Masardis Media: Glass Negative

Item 55121

Miriam MacMillan recording on 'Bowdoin,' 1947

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1947 Location: Siorapadoo Media: Photo negative

Item 66194

Telephone building, Bangor, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1935 Location: Bangor Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 79566

Minesweeper Construction at Gamage Shipyard, South Bristol, ca. 1942

Contributed by: South Bristol Historical Society Date: circa 1942 Location: South Bristol Media: Photographic print

Item 79912

Le Messager Newspaper Staff, 175 Lincoln Street, Lewiston, 1908

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 1908 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print

Item 97581

Pvt. John Sheahan letter on picket duty, Virginia, 1863

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

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Item 102431

District-Wireless Station, Cushing Island, Maine, ca. 1914

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1914 Location: Cushing Island Media: Photographic print

Item 109063

View of Lincolnville Center, Lincolnville, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1915 Location: Lincolnville Center Media: Glass Plate Negative

Item 148458

Civil Air Patrol commander Guy P. Gannett, ca. 1942

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1942 Media: Photographic print

Item 165

Signal flags, Portland Observatory, ca. 1810

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1810 Location: Portland Media: Art on paper

Item 112040

Portland League of Pissed Off Voters, ca. 2007

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 2007 Location: Portland Media: Cotton, ink

Item 14774

Navy plea for binoculars, 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1917 Media: Ink on paper, poster