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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 70819

Letter urging Shepley run for Congress, Portland, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-05-15 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 7821

Japanese Peace Conference, 1905

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1905 Location: Kittery; New Castle Media: Postcard

Item 87963

Quoddy Village, Eastport, 1936

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1936 Location: Eastport Media: Glass Negative

Item 100582

Samuel Washburn on Chancellorsville, 1862

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1862 Location: City Point Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10469

Dedication of Bangor City Hall, 1894

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1894-07-04 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Item 18351

Judge Ashur Ware, 1846

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1846 Location: Portland Media: Oil on canvas

Item 89917

Rebecca Usher on Grant and Chamberlain, Bar Mills, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Brunswick; Portland; Bar Mills Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100318

K.B. Sewall to William Seward, Mobile, 1860

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1860-02-22 Location: Mobile Media: Ink on paper

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Item 5877

Potato blockade, Fort Fairfield, 1980

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1980-03-27 Location: Fort Fairfield Media: Photographic print

Item 21989

Virgil Delphine Parris, Buckfield, ca. 1843

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1843 Location: Buckfield Media: Carte de visite

Item 101408

John Quincy Adams regarding Adams' esteem for the Wadsworths, Boston, 1809

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1809-07-11 Location: Boston; Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 77453

James Blaine telegram to G.F. Shepley, Augusta, 1868

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1868 Location: Portland; Rockland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 101606

Elihu Washburne on winter activities and speeches, Hallowell, 1838

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1838-01-25 Location: Hallowell; Galena Media: Ink on paper

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Item 19240

Woodbury S. Purinton on capture of John M. Dillingham, 1863

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Freeport; East Harpswell; Charleston; Philadelphia Media: Paper

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Item 78187

Senator Smith at Guantanamo Naval Air Station, Cuba, 1962

Contributed by: Margaret Chase Smith Library Date: 1962-12-02 Media: Photographic print

Item 79086

Lincoln letter on Louisiana elections, Washington, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Washington; New Orleans Media: Ink on paper

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Item 99414

K.B. Sewall admission to argue at Supreme Court, 1852

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1852-01-06 Location: Mobile Media: Lithograph

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Item 100316

K.B. Sewall on court case, Washington, D.C., 1859

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1859-12-29 Location: Washington Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9455

David Dunn, Mechanic Falls, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: circa 1890 Location: Mechanic Falls Media: Photographic print

Item 36780

Staples Building, Lubec, ca. 1898, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Lubec Media: Photograph on card

Item 21988

Edward Kavanagh, Damariscotta, 1843

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1843 Location: Damariscotta Media: Carte de visite

Item 5650

Edmund Muskie delivering a speech, 1977

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1977 Media: Photographic print

Item 5870

Potato blockade, Fort Fairfield, 1980

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1980-03-27 Location: Fort Fairfield Media: Photographic print

Item 100960

Grant-Wilson political rally, Augusta Depot, 1872

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Date: 1872 Location: Augusta Media: Ink and watercolor on paper