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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 11046

State employees protest, 1981

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1981-05-02 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print

Item 31004

High School protest, Lubec, ca. 1975

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1975 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Item 105847

Women's Suffrage march in Market Square, Houlton, ca. 1912

Courtesy of Henry Gartley, an individual partner Date: circa 1912 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 12576

Student strike, Colby College, 1970

Contributed by: Colby College Special Collections Date: circa 1970 Location: Waterville Media: Photographic print

Item 11135

State employees protest, Augusta, 1981

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1981-09-21 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print

Item 105910

Temperance march in Bangor, 1909

Courtesy of Henry Gartley, an individual partner Date: 1909-09-15 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Item 11042

Protesting proposed federal budget cuts, 1981

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1981-04-15 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print

Item 105921

Black Lives Matter sign, Brunswick, 2020

Courtesy of Tilly Laskey, an individual partner Date: 2020-06-04 Location: Brunswick Media: Digital image

Item 64407

Sheriff's Association pickets, Portland, 1981

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1981-03-23 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 64398

Nuclear protestors, Augusta, 1979

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1979-05-25 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print

Item 64404

Edwards Manufacturing strike, Augusta, 1980

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1980-06-30 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print

Item 34723

Black Power banner, Waterville, 1970

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1970 Location: Waterville Media: Cotton

Item 64408

Male review protestors, Waterville, 1981

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1981-06-22 Location: Waterville Media: Photographic print

Item 108784

Purr-Sist button, Bethel, 2017

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2017 Location: Bethel Media: Metal, plastic

Item 105922

Say Their Names sign, Brunswick, 2020

Courtesy of Tilly Laskey, an individual partner Date: 2020-06-04 Location: Brunswick Media: Digital image

Item 111994

No Radiation without Representation Yes on 1A t-shirt, 1984

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1984 Media: Cotton, ink

Item 112037

Don’t poison the natives, No nuke waste burial in Maine, 1984

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1984 Media: Cotton, ink

Item 5877

Potato blockade, Fort Fairfield, 1980

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1980-03-27 Location: Fort Fairfield Media: Photographic print

Item 11093

Don't Yank the Crank Committee, Bryant Pond, 1981

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1981-09-22 Location: Bryant Pond Media: Photographic print

Item 20964

Capt. John Dillingham letter from Port au Prince, Haiti, 1845

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1845 Location: Port au Prince; Freeport Media: Ink on paper

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Item 64395

Pro nuclear message, Wiscasset, 1980

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1980-09-18 Location: Wiscasset Media: Photographic print

Item 21080

War Stamps 'protester,' Portland, 1942

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1942 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 1476

Improved Order of Red Men badge, Sanford, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Sanford Media: Silk

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Item 13251

Maine woman suffrage petition, 1858

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1858 Media: Ink on paper

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