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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 80287

Letter to Sarah Tarbox from a former boarding school classmate, 1839

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1839-05-22 Location: Westport; Boston; Topsham Media: Ink on paper

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Item 13271

Barn nearly complete, Littleton, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Littleton Media: Photographic print

Item 35684

Hilltop School demolition, Lubec, 1979, 1979

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1979 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Item 22223

Mt. Desert High School, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Great Harbor Maritime Museum Date: circa 1950 Location: Mount Desert Media: Photographic print

Item 26814

Hilltop School and Columbian Hall, Lubec, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Item 101608

Elihu Washburn on school and family, Livermore, 1834

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1834-08-07 Location: East Livermore; Portland; Hallowell; Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 28960

School report on Stephen and Henry Longfellow, 1817

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1817-11-01 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 23901

George Pierce on studying, Saco, 1820

Contributed by: Pierce Family Collection through Maine Historical Society Date: 1820 Location: Saco Media: Ink on paper

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Mystery Corner Item

Item 102969

Bicknell Photo Service promotion on the Dave Astor Show, Portland, 1962

Mystery Corner Item Do you know these teenagers?

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1962-03-17 Location: Portland; South Portland Media: Film transparency

Item 33713

Ballard Hill School, Lincoln, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Lincoln Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Lincoln Media: Photographic print

Item 54671

Good Will-Hinckley, Fairfield, ca. 1970

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: circa 1970 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print

Item 67670

Horace Kollack to his cousin John Bickford, Sacarappa, 1865

Contributed by: David Heath through Sebago Historical Society Date: 1865-02-15 Location: Westbrook; Sebago; Lynn Media: Ink on paper

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Item 66161

General Hospital, Augusta, ca. 1935

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

Item 13816

Baseball Game, Oxford County Fair, 1921

Contributed by: Norway Historical Society Date: 1921-08-30 Location: Norway; Paris Media: Photograph, positive, matt finish

Item 12831

Henry Deering, Portland, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: Portland; Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 80399

Letter to Sarah Tarbox from Louisa and Wm Greenleaf, 1841

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1841-08-07 Location: Westport Island; Richmond Media: Ink on paper

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Item 12848

William Goodwin Davis, ca. 1900

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

Item 148412

Louise Weston Sewell's mother-of-pearl inlay opera glasses, Livermore Falls, ca. 1904

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1904 Location: Livermore Falls Media: Brass, mother of pearl shell, metal, velvet, silk

Item 23514

Women's cottage, Maine State Sanatorium, Hebron, ca. 1906

Contributed by: Maine Historic Preservation Commission Date: circa 1906 Location: Hebron; Portland Media: Postcard

Item 104026

Mercy School of Nursing capping ceremony, Portland, ca. 1970

Contributed by: Northern Light Mercy Hospital Date: circa 1970 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 104126

Capping ceremony, Mercy Hospital School of Nursing, ca. 1975

Contributed by: Northern Light Mercy Hospital Date: circa 1975 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 79415

St. John Catholic Church, Rumford, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Greater Rumford Area Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Rumford Media: Postcard

Item 63749

Geography class, North Jay granite quarry, 1914

Contributed by: Mantor Library at UMF Date: 1914-05-29 Location: Jay Media: Photographic print

Item 100644

Maine State House, Augusta, ca. 1936

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1936 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print