Maine Memory Network

Barry Dana's Turtle Island basket, Solon, 2016

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2016 Location: Solon Media: Birch bark, spruce root

King Charles I English Unite coin, Richmond Island, 1627

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1627 Location: Richmond Island Media: Gold

William Lithgow to Spencer Phips on treaties with Wabanaki Tribes, 1751

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1751-07-09 Location: Richmond Media: Paper

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Penobscot women harvesting potatoes, Old Town, ca. 1909

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1909 Location: Old Town Media: Postcard

Handkerchief box, Passamaquoddy, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: circa 1880 Media: Birch bark, ash, pine, twine

Chief Joseph Orono powder horn, ca. 1780

Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: circa 1780 Location: Indian Island Media: Cow horn, wood

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Sweet grass comb, 19th century, ca. 1800

Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: circa 1800 Location: Indian Island Media: Wood

Tristam C. Norton shelling corn, Kingfield, 1901

Contributed by: Stanley Museum on deposit at Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Kingfield Media: Lantern slide, hand colored

Marie Bibeau Masta needle case, Portland, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Portland Media: sweetgrass, ash, silk

Marie Bibeau Masta thimble basket, Portland, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Portland Media: Ash, sweetgrass

Frances Soctomah beadwork pouch, Princeton, 2019

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2019 Location: Princeton; Indian Island Media: Cotton, glass bead, silk, leather

James E. Francis kapahse (sturgeon) drum, Indian Island, 2019

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2019 Location: Indian Island Media: Leather, acrylic

Indian thimble, ca. 1800

Contributed by: Norridgewock Historical Society Date: circa 1800 Location: Norridgewock Media: Animal skin

Letter concerning Indian treaties, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1749–1864 Media: Ink on paper

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Lucille Shay and Teddy Solomon, Indian Island, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Indian Island Media: Postcard

Gabriel Frey pack basket purse, Orono, 2019

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2019 Location: Pleasant Point; Orono Media: Ash, leather, dyes

Mary Mitchell Selmore, Sipayik, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Pleasant Point Media: Postcard

"Dawnland Couture" by Decontie & Brown, Bangor, 2019

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2019 Location: Bangor Media: Multi media

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

Rattle by Peter Moore, Sipayik, 2018

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2018 Location: Pleasant Point Media: Wood, leather, glass, sinew

Lewis Island Passamaquoddy village, Schoodic Lake, ca. 1866

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1866 Media: Pencil and ink on paper

Remembering Louis Sockalexis, Indian Island, 1980

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1980-07-21 Location: Old Town Media: Photographic print

Camp Molly Hall, Westport Island, ca. 1908

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: circa 1908 Location: Westport Island; Wiscasset; Edgecomb Media: Postcard

Ancestral canoe journey, Motahkomikuk (Indian Township), 2019

Courtesy of Donald Soctomah, an individual partner Date: 2019 Location: Indian Township; Pleasant Point Media: Digital