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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 80271

Letter to Sarah Tarbox from brother Franklin, 1849

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1849 Location: Westport; Readfield Media: Ink on paper

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Item 80294

Letter to Sarah Tarbox from Eliza Hutchings, Boothbay, ca. 1852

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: circa 1852 Location: Westport; Boothbay; North Boothbay Media: Ink on paper

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Item 80298

Letter to Sarah Tarbox from brother Valentine, 1840

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1840-08-26 Location: Westport Island; Readfield; Kents Hill Media: Ink on paper

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Item 80486

Letter to Samuel Tarbox from son Franklin, 1849

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1849-03-19 Location: Westport; Readfield; Gardiner; Hallowell Media: Ink on paper

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Item 80656

Letter to Sarah Tarbox from brother Franklin, 1848

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1848-04-24 Location: Westport Island; Readfield Media: Ink on paper

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Item 80660

Letter to Sarah Tarbox from cousin Warren Brown, 1841

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1841-04-03 Location: Westport Island; Readfield; Kents Hill Media: Ink on paper

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Item 80667

Letter to Sarah Tarbox from brother Valentine, 1844

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1844-06-04 Location: Westport Island; Readfield Media: Ink on paper

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Item 80960

Martha Osgood letter on visits from friends, Hollis, 1862

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

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Item 81111

Route 198 meets Route 3, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1954

Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: circa 1954 Location: Mount Desert Media: Photographic print

Item 81160

Capt. Samuel T. Keene, 20th Maine, ca. 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Media: Carte de visite

Item 82175

Main Street, Ellsworth, 1939

Contributed by: Ellsworth Public Library Date: 1939-10-01 Location: Ellsworth Media: Postcard

Item 97304

Vincent Yardley Bowditch bookplate, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Cary Memorial Library in Wayne Date: circa 1890 Location: Wayne Media: Ink on paper

Item 98866

Postcard, Omer Morin, Bruxelles (Brussels), August 15, 1945

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 1945-08-15 Location: Brussels; Lewiston Media: Postcard

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Item 98908

Emeline Park Residence, Main Street, Dixfield, ca. 1840

Contributed by: Dixfield Historical Society Date: circa 1840 Location: Dixfield Media: Ink on paper

Item 100078

John Young Merrill diary, Leeds, 1860

Contributed by: Leeds Historical Society Date: 1860–1861 Location: Leeds Media: Ink on paper

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Item 101259

Josiah Bartlett to Mashech Wear, Philadelphia, 1776

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-02-26 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102163

Francis Hopkinson on voting reform, Philadelphia, 1776

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-07-23 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102185

Thomas Stone giving advice to brother, Annapolis, 1781

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1781-10-03 Location: Annapolis; Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102189

George Wythe requesting seeds from Philadelphia, 1773

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1779-12-22 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102424

Dr. William Johnston expresses gratitude at Burrage family donations, France, 1914

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1914-11-17 Location: Giverny; Kennebunkport Media: Print on paper

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Mystery Corner Item

Item 104671

Beryl Markham, 1936

Mystery Corner Item Do you know where this was taken?

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1936 Media: glass negative

Item 105039

Molly Molasses, Bangor, ca. 1865

Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Item 78

Battling a Northeaster, 1947

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1947-03-03 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Photographic print

Item 16284

John D. Long and Family, Buckfield, 1899

Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: 1899 Location: Buckfield Media: Photographic print