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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 17324

Model of the Portland Observatory, ca. 1905

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

Item 18953

Ezra Haskell, Portland, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Portland Media: Oil on canvas

Item 19260

Capt. John G. Dillingham letter to wife, December 21, 1861

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Freeport; Bath; New York; Hamburg Media: Paper

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Item 20959

John Dillingham letter about Guadeloupe earthquake, 1843

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1843 Location: Pointe-a-Pitre; Freeport Media: Ink on paper

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Item 20964

Capt. John Dillingham letter from Port au Prince, Haiti, 1845

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1845 Location: Port au Prince; Freeport Media: Ink on paper

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Item 20970

John Dillingham letter about sailing schedule, 1846

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1846 Location: Freeport Media: Ink on paper

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Item 21122

Schooner 'Frank Brainerd,' ca. 1940

Contributed by: Great Harbor Maritime Museum Date: circa 1940 Location: Mount Desert Media: Photographic print

Item 22217

John Dillingham letter from Palermo, 1846

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1846 Location: Palermo; Freeport Media: Ink on paper

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Item 23421

Canova near New Zealand, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Media: Painting

Item 27178

Thomaston Harbor from St. George Road, Thomaston, ca. 1930

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

Item 27758

Dredger, Saco River, ca. 1915

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1915 Location: Biddeford; Saco Media: Photographic print

Item 27760

Coal docks, Factory Island, Biddeford, ca. 1912

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1912 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 27764

Schooner 'William Booth' on Saco River, ca. 1905

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1905 Location: Biddeford ; Mystic Media: Photographic print

Item 27833

Grace M. Cribby, Thomaston, 1914

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: 1914 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print

Item 27888

Zina Hyde & Co. Chandlery, Pierce Photographic Gallery, Bath ca. 1865

Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: circa 1865 Location: Bath Media: Photographic print

Item 29033

Children playing on Fish Beach, Monhegan, ca. 1898

Contributed by: Maine State Museum Date: circa 1898 Location: Monhegan Media: Glass Negative

Item 31057

Fishing Party Poster, Scarborough, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1945 Location: Scarborough Media: Ink on paper

Item 33694

Tug "Joseph W. Baker" towing schooner up Saco River, ca. 1910

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Biddeford; Saco Media: Glass Negative

Item 33739

Three-masted vessel being towed down Saco River by tug "Joseph W. Baker," ca. 1910

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Biddeford; Saco Media: Photographic print

Item 34592

Schooner being towed up the Saco River, ca. 1910

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Biddeford; Saco Media: Photographic print

Item 41714

View of Passamaquoddy Bay, Lubec, ca. 1908

Contributed by: Matt Hoopes through Lubec Memorial Library Date: circa 1908 Location: Lubec Media: Postcard

Item 60541

Armistice Day, Lubec, 1918, 1918

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1918-11-11 Location: Lubec Media: Matte-finish photographic postcard

Item 79580

Name plate for Gamage-built vessels, South Bristol, ca. 1970

Contributed by: South Bristol Historical Society Date: circa 1970 Location: South Bristol Media: Stainless steel, enamel

Item 92244

Schooners loading ice at West Boothbay Harbor ice wharf, 1907

Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: 1907-02-22 Location: Boothbay Harbor Media: Photographic print