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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 27979

Jacob Abbott and Fewacres, Farmington, 1903

Contributed by: Farmington Public Library Date: circa 1900 Location: Farmington Media: Engraving, ink on paper

Item 31226

Thursday Club program, Biddeford, 1897

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1897–1898 Location: Biddeford Media: Ink on paper, ribbon

Item 28013

Four sons of Jacob Abbott, Farmington, ca. 1865

Contributed by: Farmington Public Library Date: circa 1865 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print

Item 7288

William Allen essay, Norridgewock, 1870

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 7284

Fourth of July essay, 1837

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102272

"A Down East Yankee From the District of Maine," 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1920 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 19274

John Neal on literary efforts, 1816

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1816 Location: Baltimore; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 30882

Julia, and the Illuminated Baron, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1800

Contributed by: Abplanalp Library, UNE Date: 1800 Location: York Media: Ink on paper

Item 6953

'Glory to Old Maine' ballad, ca. 1861

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

Item 11466

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Peucinian Society medal, Brunswick, ca. 1822

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1822 Location: Brunswick Media: Metal

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Item 19229

Evangeline calendar, 1904

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1847 Media: Ink on cardboard

Item 6952

Sprig of Green poem, 1862

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

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Item 7292

William Allen's essay on Norridgewock, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Norridgewock; Nanransouack Media: Ink on paper

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Item 11652

'The Spanish Jew's Tale' illustration, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Media: Ink on paper

Item 82300

Samuel Clark Sanford, Great Cranberry Island, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Cranberry Isles Media: Photographic print

Item 8666

Clarence E. Mulford model of Fort Union, Fryeburg, 1941

Contributed by: Fryeburg Public Library Date: 1941 Location: Fryeburg Media: Photoprint

Item 6729

Woman's Library Club, Lovell, ca. 1901

Contributed by: Lovell Historical Society Date: circa 1901 Location: Lovell Media: Photographic print

Item 79313

Seventh Annual Prize Speaking Contest Program, Dixfield, 1917

Contributed by: Dixfield Historical Society Date: 1917-02-16 Location: Dixfield Media: Ink on paper

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Item 101796

Sarah Orne Jewett House, South Berwick, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Old Berwick Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: South Berwick Media: Photographic print

Item 36120

E.B. White letter to Katharine Pierce, 1947

Contributed by: Pierce Family Collection through Maine Historical Society Date: 1947 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 97510

Robert J. Hamershlag bookplate, 1929

Contributed by: Cary Memorial Library in Wayne Date: 1929 Location: Wayne Media: Ink on paper

Item 6168

Stephen A. Douglas Volk, Fryeburg, ca. 1931

Contributed by: Fryeburg Historical Society Date: circa 1931 Location: Fryeburg Media: Photographic print

Item 6184

Municipal organist Gerald McGee, Portland, ca. 1986

Contributed by: Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ Date: circa 1986 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 6185

John E. Fay, sixth municipal organist, Portland, ca. 1960

Contributed by: Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ Date: circa 1960 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print