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These results include photographs, documents, letters, paintings, artifacts, and many other kinds of Maine related items from collections around the state and elsewhere.


Item 28440

Daniel E. Kerr patent, 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1917-02-06 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper, ribbon

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Item 18248

Fly switch patent, 1895

Contributed by: Baldwin Historical Society Date: 1895 Location: Baldwin Media: Ink on paper

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Item 34731

Jewett self-heating can patent, 1903

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1903 Location: Norridgewock Media: Ink on paper

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Item 23402

Sparrow button patent, 1876

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1876 Location: Worcester Media: Ink on paper

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Item 11458

Aspinwall Planter patent application, 1913

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1913 Media: Paper

Item 29378

"Crow's Nest" cottage, Fortune's Rocks, Biddeford, ca. 1875

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1875 Location: Biddeford; Saco; Biddeford Media: Stereograph

Item 29422

Brooks' Patent writing case, ca. 1864

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1864 Location: Biddeford Media: Leather, cotton, glass, metal

Item 15267

Silas W. Taber patent 719,531, Houlton, 1902

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1902 Location: Houlton Media: Drawing

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Item 13365

Jonathan Morgan application for patent, 1838

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1838 Location: Portland; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 23401

Sparrow patent application receipt, 1827

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1827-12-10 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 31178

Steeves' Maine Patent Medicine Warehouse, Water Street, Hallowell, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1900 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print

Item 10097

Map of the Waldo Patent, 1786

Contributed by: The General Henry Knox Museum Date: 1786 Media: Ink on paper

Item 16855

Jonathan Morgan coffee mill, 1840

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1840 Location: Portland Media: Wood, iron

Item 10881

Taber gear assembly prototype, Houlton, 1903

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1903-02-03 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 9117

McDaniels, Brooks ice-cutting machine, Kezar Lake, Lovell, ca. 1926

Contributed by: Lovell Historical Society Date: circa 1926 Location: Lovell Media: Photographic print

Item 9118

McDaniels and Brooks cutting ice, Lovell, ca. 1926

Contributed by: Lovell Historical Society Date: circa 1926 Location: Lovell Media: Photographic print

Item 29186

All Humbug, Dr. Clearwater patent medicine advertisement, Hallowell, ca. 1935

Courtesy of Sumner A. Webber, Sr., an individual partner Date: circa 1935 Location: Hallowell Media: Text

Item 12561

Lots on Tinkham's Pond, Kennebec Patent, ca. 1800

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1800 Location: Chelsea; Whitefield Media: Ink on paper

Item 29190

Henry Pope Clearwater, Hallowell, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1950 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print

Item 22525

Samuel Waldo letter to William Pepperrell, 1748

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1748 Location: Portland; Kittery Media: Ink on paper

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Item 80360

Moxie Nerve Food Shipping Box, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Friendship Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Friendship Media: Wooden box

Item 102250

Dana's Sarsaparilla advertisement, Belfast, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Belfast Media: Ink on paper

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Item 74519

Sangamo Type H electric meter, 1911

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1911 Media: Metal, glass

Item 9903

Montpelier, Knox home, ca. 1865

Contributed by: The General Henry Knox Museum Date: circa 1865 Location: Thomaston Media: Daguerreotype