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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 11549

Two dresses, one worn by Mary B. Hunt, ca. 1865

Contributed by: Brick Store Museum Date: circa 1860 Location: Sudbury Media: Cotton, silk, velvet

Item 96630

Ruth Mayhew report on supplies, City Point, VA, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: City Point Media: Ink on paper

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Item 96698

Nurse Ruth Mayhew to Ellen Bacon, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 81016

Rebecca Usher on injured soldiers, war, Pennsylvania, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Chester; Hollis; Plymouth; Philadelphia; Vicksburg; Fredericksburg; Buxton; Galveston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 105293

Madam de St. Felix ball dress, ca. 1820

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1820 Location: Philadelphia Media: cotton

Item 105492

Helen Bancroft Hay's cameo-button striped dress, Charlestown, MA., ca. 1860

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: Portland Media: silk, cotton, metal, glass, baleen, wool

Item 110562

Byron Greenough & Co. fur muff, Portland, ca. 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Location: Portland Media: fur, silk

Item 29175

S. H. McCollester, Westbrook Seminary, ca. 1865

Contributed by: Abplanalp Library, UNE Date: circa 1865 Location: Portland; Westbrook Media: Carte de visite

Item 105662

Ella May Clark's three-piece dress, Yarmouth, ca. 1901

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1901 Location: Yarmouth; New Gloucester Media: wool, velvet, cotton, shell

Item 110309

Elizabeth Ring, Portland, ca. 1965

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1965 Location: Portland Media: photographic print

Item 105501

Organdy summer dress, ca. 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Media: cotton

Item 98823

Swimming Pool, Belfast City Park, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1938 Location: Belfast Media: Glass Negative

Item 105682

Anne Wilson's Art Deco design dress, Sommerville, MA, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1925 Location: Somerville Media: rayon, rhinestones

Item 105666

Annie Moriarty's colbalt blue dress, Lewiston, ca. 1905

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Lewiston Media: silk, cotton, metal

Item 111390

Embellished wedding dress, Matinicus Island, ca. 1892

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1892 Location: Matinicus Island Media: silk, cotton, feather

Item 105664

Eleanor M. Hennessey's graduation dress, Portland, ca. 1896

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1896 Location: Portland Media: silk, cotton, metal