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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 23626

Men carrying a whale fin, Ragged Island, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1927-02-23 Location: Harpswell Media: Glass Negative

Item 11488

Blubber knife, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1900 Media: Steel

Item 16477

Sperm Oil Lamp, ca. 1790

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1790 Media: Pewter

Item 23625

Removing the whalebone, Ragged Island, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1927-02-23 Location: Harpswell Media: Glass Negative

Item 25103

Removing whale blubber, Ragged Island, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1927-02-23 Location: Harpswell Media: Glass Negative

Item 25105

Beached whale, Ragged Island, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1927-02-23 Location: Harpswell Media: Glass Negative

Item 25101

Fishermen with beached whale, Ragged Island, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1927-02-23 Location: Harpswell Media: Glass Negative

Item 25104

Beached whale on Ragged Island, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1927-02-23 Location: Harpswell Media: Glass Negative

Item 25096

Chester Black cutting beached whale, Ragged Island, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1927-02-23 Location: Harpswell Media: Glass Negative

Item 25098

Albert Doughty and Chester Black with beached whale, Ragged Island, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1927-02-23 Location: Harpswell Media: Glass Negative

Item 25102

Stripping blubber, Ragged Island, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1927-02-23 Location: Harpswell Media: Glass Negative

Item 7531

Glooskap and Keanke spearing the whale, 1884

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1884 Media: Ink on paper

Item 101385

Captain Andrew Peterson, Monhegan, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Monhegan Museum Date: circa 1890 Location: Monhegan Media: Photographic print

Item 26563

Loading whale boat film, Mt. Desert, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Northeast Historic Film Date: circa 1940 Media: filmstrip, 16mm

Item 9749

Entries from 'Emerald' log book, 1859

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1859 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 48948

Hair pin, ca. 1840

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1840 Media: Baleen, whale bone, metal

Item 7532

Glooskap looking at the whale smoking his pipe, 1884

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1884 Media: Ink on paper

Item 1136

Clothing store advertisement, Bath, ca. 1886

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1886 Location: Bath Media: Ink on paper

Item 18085

Andirons, ca. 1830

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1830 Location: Warren Media: Brass

Item 18088

Eagle mold, ca. 1840

Contributed by: An individual through Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1840 Location: Warren Media: Brass

Item 102289

Goat Island Lighthouse, Cape Porpoise, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Brick Store Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Cape Porpoise Media: Glass Negative

Item 25678

Col. Harmon's attack on Somerset Point, 1722

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1722 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 50319

"Kasuga" and sailors, Portland Harbor, 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1920 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 13469

Brass Oil Measure Cans used in Lighthouses, ca. 1800

Contributed by: Museum at Portland Head Date: circa 1800 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Brass