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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 78688

Wooden Pencil Box, Dixfield, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Dixfield Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Dixfield Media: Wood

Item 79603

Inkwell and pen, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Peru Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Media: Wood, glass

Item 6306

Danforth Pond, Skowhegan, 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1910-10-23 Location: Skowhegan Media: Postcard

Item 23327

Synopsis of Indian Hieroglyphics, 1851

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1851 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 23328

Indian Hieroglyphics, 1851

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1851 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 74462

Theory of Spencerian Penmanship, 1874

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1874 Media: Ink on paper

Item 102300

Sumner Cobb writes about the Spanish Flu, Louisville, KY, 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1918-10-12 Location: Louisville; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 1323

Stephen Hall on Penobscot Expedition, 1779

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1779-08-29 Location: Falmouth Media: Ink on paper

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Item 5715

Abner Small to Luther Emerson, Sept. 21, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-09-21 Location: Sharpsburg; Waterville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 6160

Gannett Publishing Co., ca. 1930

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print

Item 6309

Skowhegan Catholic Church, 1908

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1908-08-27 Location: Skowhegan; Norridgewock Media: Postcard

Item 5716

Abner Small to the Emersons, Nov. 20, 1861

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Waterville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10396

Writing on the board, North School, Portland, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: Portland Media: Photoprint

Item 7956

Sarah Lewis Merry's penmanship exercise, 1817

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1817 Media: Ink, watercolor on paper, phototransparency

Item 6333

Haydn Association membership ticket, Portland, 1871

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1871 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 6675

O cushlamachree My heart beats for thee, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Portland Media: Postcard

Item 5505

Meshach P. Larry letter, Dec. 21, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Falmouth Media: Ink on paper

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Item 5504

Meshach P. Larry on events of the Battle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 18, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Falmouth Media: Ink on paper

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Item 15970

Henry Longfellow's writing table, portrait, and the 'Children's Chair', Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2003

Contributed by: NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Date: 2003 Location: Cambridge Media: Photographic print

Item 1282

Purchase of Indian corn for troops in Camden, 1780

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1780 Location: Camden Media: Ink on paper

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Item 1322

Oath of allegiance record for Daniel Lane, 1778

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1778-02-03 Location: Albany Media: Ink on paper

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Item 1365

Bounty money for Charles Chauncy, 1780

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1780-04-06 Location: Kittery Media: Ink on paper

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Item 5481

Rebecca Usher on trip to begin nursing work, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Chester Media: Ink on paper

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Item 5657

John Dunn's Moosehead Lake 1889 diary, 1889

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

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