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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 100581

Israel Wasburn Jr., Portland, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: circa 1870 Location: Portland Media: Carte de visite

Item 66942

François Savoie power of attorney, New Orleans, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: La Place Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10812

President Kennedy honorary degree, Orono, 1963

Contributed by: Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library Date: 1963-10-19 Location: Orono Media: Photographic print

Item 13427

Ether Shepley, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Saco Media: Photographic print

Item 28409

R.G. Greene letter on Court Reporter appointment, Augusta, 1835

Contributed by: Pierce Family Collection through Maine Historical Society Date: 1835 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 64625

Letter about changes in North Carolina, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: New Bern; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 104502

Ruins of the Merchants' Exchange Building, Portland, 1854

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1854 Location: Portland Media: Daguerreotype

Item 79083

Pres. Buchanan letter about Bath ship, Washington, 1848

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1848 Location: Portland; Washington; Bath Media: Ink on paper

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Item 15500

Portland Post Office, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 15547

Nailed to the Mast!, 1889

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1888-03-03 Media: Ink on paper

Item 1339

Ruins of the Great Fire, Portland, 1866

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

Item 15545

Cash paid for foreign properties cartoon, 1889

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1889-04-03 Media: Ink on paper

Item 1341

Ruins of the Great Fire in Portland, July 4, 1866

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

Item 15113

Remember! The flag of liberty World War I poster, ca. 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1917 Media: Lithograph, poster

Item 20815

James W. Ripley letter on ports and customs offices, 1832

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1832 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 148234

Pearl Street Sewer extension, with engineers and pile driver, Portland, 1887

Contributed by: City of Portland - Planning & Development Date: 1887-07-09 Location: Portland Media: Photographic Print

Item 1338

St. Stephens Church after Great Fire of Portland, 1866

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

Item 28920

Enoch Lincoln, Paris, 1827

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1827 Location: Paris Media: Daguerreotype

Item 66354

Post Office Square, Bridgton, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Bridgton Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 56734

Israel bonds fund-raising dinner, Bangor, ca. 1970

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1970 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Item 13656

Thomas Brackett Reed, Portland, 1898

Contributed by: Fryeburg Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Portland Media: Stereograph

Item 104397

Crowd welcoming President Teddy Roosevelt, Union Station, Portland, 1902

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1902-08-26 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 13273

Portland Company Civil War locomotive, ca. 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 78829

George F. Shepley honorary degree, 1873

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1873 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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