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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 135823

Covid quilt, 2020

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2020 Location: Peaks Island Media: Cotton

Item 15254

Henry Sewall letter to son concerning slavery, 1821

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1821 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper

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Item 23229

Ku Klux Klan march, Milo, 1923

Contributed by: Island Falls Historical Society Date: 1923-09-03 Location: Milo Media: Postcard

Item 23286

Ku Klux Klan Constitution cover, 1921

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1921 Location: Houlton Media: Ink on paper, map

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Item 25109

Ku Klux Klan field day, Portland, 1926

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1926-08-28 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 28642

Ku Klux Klan robe, Hollis, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1925 Location: Hollis Media: Cotton twill

Item 66676

Ku Klux Klan march, Island Falls, 1924

Contributed by: Cary Library Date: 1924-07-12 Location: Island Falls; Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 105625

"We Walk On; Eternally" by James Eric Francis Sr., Indian Island, 2020

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2020 Location: Indian Island; Old Town Media: Acrylic on canvas

Item 105920

Redline map of Portland and South Portland, 1935

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1935-11-15 Location: Portland; South Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 23663

Portland School of Art, Portland, 1928

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1928 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 28836

Ku Klux Klan hood, Hollis, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1925 Location: Hollis Media: Cotton, buckram, leather

Item 102669

Van and Kim Luu, South Portland, 2009

Courtesy of Jan Pieter Van Voorst Van Beest, an individual partner Date: 2017 Location: South Portland Media: Digital photograph

Item 15120

"The Hun-His mark-Blot it out with Liberty Bonds" World War I poster, ca. 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1918 Media: Lithograph poster

Item 105926

George Floyd mural, Portland, 2020

Courtesy of Kathy Bolduc Amoroso, an individual partner Date: 2020-06-09 Location: Portland Media: Digital photograph

Item 135822

Louis Agassiz, Cambridge, Massachusetts, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1879 Location: Portland; Cambridge Media: Ink on paper, Engraving

Item 22652

Parade, Brunswick, 1899

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1899-06-13 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Item 81735

W.W.II Rubber drive at the Star Theater, Westbrook, 1943

Contributed by: Walker Memorial Library Date: 1943 Location: Westbrook Media: Photographic print

Item 102760

"Many and One" shirt, Lewiston, 2004

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2004-01-10 Location: Lewiston Media: Cotton

Item 65829

Eben Roberts, 21st Maine, to Mary Calderwood, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863-04-16 Location: Baton Rouge; Vinalhaven Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102842

Remarks on board the Julia E. Arey, 1860

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1860-11-05 Location: Thomaston; Jefferson Media: Ink on paper

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Item 20723

Ku Klux Klan, Hodgdon, ca. 1924

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1924 Location: Hodgdon Media: Photographic print

Item 16129

John Neal, Portland, ca. 1900

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

Item 19245

John M. Dillingham to mother, March 1, 1863

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Freeport; Port Royal Media: Paper

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Item 105021

Margaret and Pauline Shay, Portland, 1923

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1923 Location: Old Town; Portland Media: Glass plate