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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 6387

Bucksport waterfront, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Buck Memorial Library Date: circa 1860 Location: Bucksport Media: Photographic print

Item 22566

Pearce description of Aroostook County, ca. 1840

Contributed by: Cary Library Date: circa 1850 Location: Houlton Media: Ink on paper

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Item 6388

Bucksport, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Buck Memorial Library Date: circa 1930 Location: Bucksport Media: Photographic print

Item 6052

Stevens Monument, Fryeburg, ca. 1914

Contributed by: Fryeburg Historical Society Date: circa 1914 Location: Fryeburg Media: Photographic print

Item 11608

John Davison letter from Key West, Florida, December 29, 1846

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1846-12-29 Location: Augusta; Key West Media: Ink on paper

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Item 31791

Josiah Pierce travelogue, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1855

Contributed by: Pierce Family Collection through Maine Historical Society Date: 1855 Location: Saint Petersburg Media: Ink on paper

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Item 31792

Josiah Pierce description of St. Petersburg, Russia, 1856

Contributed by: Pierce Family Collection through Maine Historical Society Date: 1856-01-10 Location: Saint Petersburg Media: Ink on paper

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Item 132

Mount Desert Steamship at the Bar Harbor wharf, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Photographic print

Item 13109

Cochranism delineated or, A description of, and specific for a religious hydrophobia, 1819

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

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Item 34733

John Marshall Brown private notebook, 1862-1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862–1863 Media: Ink on paper, leather

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Item 105442

Maine coast, a map of Casco Bay, 1960

Contributed by: Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education Date: 1632–1960 Location: Portland; Brunswick; Phippsburg Media: Lithograph

Item 110565

Circa 1790s "Manikin dolls" illustration, Portland, 1919

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1790 Location: Portland Media: watercolor, ink on paper

Item 148725

Plan of Township 3, Range 13, 1915

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1915 Location: T3 R13 WELS Media: Ink on linen; hand coloring

Item 6384

Deposition reagarding the charcter of Pere Pole, 1792

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1792-05-19 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100936

Interior, John Martin Store, Bangor, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Date: 1862 Location: Bangor Media: Ink and watercolor on paper

Item 105265

Map of the northern part of New England, 1821

Contributed by: Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education Date: 1821 Media: Engraving

Item 110564

Early Republic "Manikin dolls" illustration, Portland, 1919

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1790 Location: Portland Media: watercolor, ink on paper

Item 110566

Early Republic gentlemen "mannikin dolls" illustration, Portland, 1919

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1812 Location: Portland Media: watercolor, ink on paper

Item 33847

Champlain's map of Saco Bay and the Saco River, 1605

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1605 Location: Biddeford; Saco Media: Photographic print

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Item 34575

Weatherbee Hardware Store window display, Lincoln, ca. 1943

Contributed by: Lincoln Historical Society Date: circa 1943 Location: Lincoln Media: Photographic print

Item 68865

Scarborough map copy, 1784

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1784 Location: Scarborough Media: Ink on paper

Item 100946

Interior plans, Third Parish Church, Bangor, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Date: circa 1865 Location: Bangor Media: Ink and watercolor on paper

Item 108764

Plan of suit, Little v. Field, 1823

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1823 Media: Ink on paper

Item 110845

Red Cross Canteen Service, Cape Elizabeth, ca. 1942

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1942 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: watercolor