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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 101906

Champlain Society Report of the the Meteorological Department, Mount Desert Island, 1880-1881

Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: 1880–1881 Location: Mount Desert Island Media: Ink on paper, unbound

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Item 101881

Champlain Society Meteorological Records, Northeast Harbor, 1879

Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: 1879 Location: Mount Desert; Bar Harbor Media: Ink on paper, bound

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Item 104678

Mount Washington Observatory, Conway, New Hampshire, 1936

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1936-12-15 Location: Conway Media: Glass Negative

Item 148203

Submerged outbuilding in floodwater, Saco, 1936

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

Item 26587

Box of Matches Wrapped for Polar Climate, 1906

Contributed by: Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands Date: 1906 Media: Wood, canvas

Item 20611

New Sweden, ca. 1935

Contributed by: New Sweden Historical Society Date: circa 1935 Location: New Sweden Media: Photographic print

Item 28961

Samuel Longfellow, Boston, ca. 1885

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1885 Location: Boston Media: Photographic print

Item 31886

Sea ice, Lubec, 1907, 1907

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1907 Location: Lubec Media: Postcard

Item 135793

Fancy basket by Hilary Browne, 2017

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2017 Location: Old Town Media: Black ash, sweetgrass

Item 1508

John Neal, Portland, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 6210

Rosemary cottage from the air, Eliot, ca. 1885

Contributed by: Eliot Baha'i Archives Date: circa 1885 Location: Eliot Media: Photographic print

Item 13701

Post Office, Portland, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 20625

New Sweden, ca. 1935

Contributed by: New Sweden Historical Society Date: circa 1935 Location: New Sweden Media: Photographic print

Item 28285

G.W. Pierce on Washington politics, 1828

Contributed by: Pierce Family Collection through Maine Historical Society Date: 1828 Location: Washington; Gorham Media: Ink on paper

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Item 71951

Surgeon letter on soldier resignation, New Orleans, 1862

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

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Item 52660

Hiram Adelman, Mars Hill, ca. 1935

Contributed by: An individual through Colby College Special Collections Date: circa 1935 Location: Mars Hill Media: Photographic print

Item 99347

K.B. Sewall description of Mobile, Alabama, 1839

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1839 Location: Portland; Mobile Media: Ink on paper

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Item 105353

"Geographical, statistical, and historical map of Maine," 1826

Contributed by: Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education Date: 1826 Media: Engraving

Item 109078

Drexel cottage, Islesboro, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1915 Location: Islesboro Media: Glass Plate Negative

Item 135842

Furbish's Lousewort, Van Buren, 1880

Contributed by: New England Botanical Society Date: 1880 Location: Van Buren Media: Botanical specimen

Item 33615

Main Street, Bangor, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1945 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Item 66913

Charles Bridges resignation, Port Hudson, LA, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863-07-25 Location: Port Hudson; Castine Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102652

Amarpreet and Hermeet Kohli, Portland, 2009

Courtesy of Jan Pieter Van Voorst Van Beest, an individual partner Date: 2017 Location: Portland Media: Digital

Item 135823

Covid quilt, 2020

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2020 Location: Peaks Island Media: Cotton