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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 22439

Walker Art Building, Bowdoin College, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Brunswick Media: Glass Negative

Item 23663

Portland School of Art, Portland, 1928

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1928 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 77107

Strawberry Art Club Float, St. Albans, 1913

Contributed by: St. Albans Historical Society Date: 1913-06-13 Location: St. Albans Media: Photographic print

Item 12373

Mary Lane McMillan, Rome, 1933

Contributed by: Hollingsworth Fine Arts Date: circa 1933 Location: Rome; Belgrade Lakes Media: Printed black and white photo in original brochure

Item 98551

Commonwealth Art Colony students on an outing to the Cuckolds, 1915

Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: 1915-07-17 Location: Boothbay Harbor Media: Photographic print

Item 12422

Mary Lane McMillan, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Hollingsworth Fine Arts Date: circa 1910 Location: New Rochelle; Rome Media: Photographic print

Item 105682

Anne Wilson's Art Deco design dress, Sommerville, MA, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1925 Location: Somerville Media: rayon, rhinestones

Item 102160

Upper Ridge, (Fox & Perry House), Bridgton, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Bridgton Historical Society Date: circa 1938 Location: Bridgton Media: Ink on paper, photograph

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Item 98550

Commonwealth Art Colony students on an outing to Christmas Cove, 1915

Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: 1915-07-27 Location: Christmas Cove Media: Photographic print

Item 98552

Commonwealth Art Colony students exploring Damariscove Island off Boothbay Harbor, 1915

Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: 1915-08-03 Location: Boothbay Harbor Media: Photographic print

Item 9620

White Memorial Building, Houlton, ca. 1965

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1903 Location: Houlton Media: Pen and ink drawing

Item 7957

Visit the Longfellow House poster, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1935 Location: Portland Media: Poster

Item 26513

Diantha Cole Edwards Memorial, 1859

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1859 Media: Silk and hair on paper

Item 15776

Ransford W. Shaw, Houlton, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1940 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 148464

Hand drum by James Eric Francis, Sr., Old Town, 2018

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2018 Location: Old Town Media: Deer hide, wood, acrylic paint

Item 25705

Eagle, flag and snake paper cutout, ca. 1845

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1845 Location: Portland Media: Paper

Item 12475

John Wheelwright headstone, 1745, Wells, 1965

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1965 Location: Wells Media: Photographic print

Item 104432

Drawing of a woman on a tintype, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1840 Media: Tintype

Item 26536

Abigail Babson theorem purse, ca. 1820

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1820 Media: Tempera on velvet

Item 26537

Sewall cornucopia theorem, ca. 1825, ca. 1825

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1825 Media: Watercolor on velvet

Item 1288

Miniature portrait of Persis Sibley Andrews and daughter, 1844

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1844 Location: Dixfield Media: Watercolor on ivory

Item 26552

Genealogy of Wm. and Rhoda Thompson, 1831

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1831 Location: Scarborough; Portland Media: Watercolor, pen and ink on paper

Item 26535

Acrostic, Kittery Point, 1809

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1804-11-10 Location: Kittery Media: Watercolor on paper

Item 26540

Rice specimen penmanship, Portland, 1819

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1819 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper, watercolor