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Keywords: Natural History

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 135796

Portland Society for Natural History building, ca. 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1862 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 135797

AR Stone’s Portland Society for Natural History membership form, 1866

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1866 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 135727

Leatherback turtle display at the Portland Society of Natural History, ca. 1965

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1965 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 135800

Portland Society for Natural History interior with Cranes, ca. 1965

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1965 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 135839

Cluster Quartz crystals in the Portland Society of Natural History, ca. 1965

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1965 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 135726

Bird and butterfly display at the Portland Society of Natural History, ca. 1965

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1965 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print (edited)

Item 135801

PSNH interior showing Penobscot canoe, taxidermy mounts, and display cases, ca. 1965

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1965 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 135798

"An Appeal to the Friends of Science," Portland, 1866

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1866 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 1355

Natural History building after 1866 fire, Portland, 1866

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1866-07-12 Location: Portland Media: Stereograph

Item 135807

Interior of Portland Society of Natural History showing shell display, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1927 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 135795

Old City Hall, Portland, ca. 1886

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1854 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 135799

William Wood, Portland, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 82099

Champlain Society Records and Yacht Log, Mount Desert Island, 1881

Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: 1881 Location: Mount Desert Island Media: Bound book, ink on paper

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Item 51711

L. C. Bates Museum, Fairfield, 1911

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: 1911 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print

Item 82098

Champlain Society Camp log, Mount Desert Island, 1881

Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: 1881 Location: Mount Desert Island Media: Ink on paper with photographs

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Item 116281

Aerial view of flooding in Augusta, 1936

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1936 Location: Augusta Media: Glass negative

Item 148207

Fireman ferry flooded residents, Saco, 1936

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1936 Location: Saco Media: glass plate negative

Item 17446

Naturalist Arthur Herbert Norton, Portland, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 16373

Flooding of the Worumbo Mill, 1936

Contributed by: Lisbon Historical Society Date: 1936 Location: Lisbon Falls Media: Photographic print

Item 135768

The Owl Club, Portland, 1882

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1882 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 148202

Flooding along Water Street, Hallowell, 1936

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1936 Location: Hallowell Media: glass negative

Item 148201

Paddling into a flooded garage, Saco, 1936

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1936-03-23 Location: Saco Media: Glass negative

Item 148067

Jesse Mighels, Portland,, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 14182

Walter H. Rich, Portland, 1885

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1885 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print