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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 100318
K.B. Sewall to William Seward, Mobile, 1860
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1860-02-22 Location: Mobile Media: Ink on paper
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
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
Item 102951
"Fruit Cake For The Trenches" recipe, ca. 1917
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1917 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
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
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
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
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
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
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
Item 98788
Contributed by: Waldoboro Fire Department Date: 2013 Location: Waldoboro Media: Wood, textiles
Item 9721
Vivian Milner Akers portrait of Judge Stearns, 1948
Contributed by: Norway Historical Society Date: 1948 Location: Norway Media: Oil on canvas
Item 22045
Percival P. Baxter, Portland, 1921
Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1921 Location: Portland Media: Carte de visite
Item 12576
Student strike, Colby College, 1970
Contributed by: Colby College Special Collections Date: circa 1970 Location: Waterville Media: Photographic print
Item 33711
W. C. Clark of the 18th Maine, 1861
Contributed by: Lincoln Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Lincoln; Hampden; Brewer Media: Photographic print
Item 82066
World War II draft card, Lewiston, 1942
Contributed by: Franco-American Collection Date: 1942-02-16 Location: Lewiston Media: Ink on paper