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LC Subject Heading: Explorers

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 103814

MacMillan Arctic Expedition official farewell, Wiscasset, 1923

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1923-06-24 Location: Wiscasset Media: Glass Negative

Item 6360

Samuel de Champlain, ca. 1600

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1600 Media: Ink on paper

Item 9600

Cocumgomucsis Lake view to Katahdin, Talcott Survey, 1841

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1840 Media: Phototransparency

Item 26180

Peary family members in Greenland, 1902

Contributed by: Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands Date: 1902 Media: Photographic print

Item 28768

Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary, ca. 1909

Contributed by: Maine State Museum Date: circa 1909 Media: Photographic print

Item 28774

Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary in dress uniform, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Maine State Museum Date: circa 1910 Media: Photographic print

Item 6317

Thomas Steele "discovers" lake near Matagamon Lake, 1879

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1879 Location: Mattamiscontis Twp. Media: Ink on paper

Item 26587

Box of Matches Wrapped for Polar Climate, 1906

Contributed by: Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands Date: 1906 Media: Wood, canvas

Item 54886

The schooner 'Bowdoin' at sea, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: circa 1925 Media: Print

Item 19008

Crowd seeing Donald B. MacMillan off, Wiscasset, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1927 Location: Wiscasset Media: Glass Negative

Item 103812

General Adolphus Greely and daughter, Wiscasset, 1923

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1923-06-22 Location: Wiscasset Media: Glass Negative

Item 103813

General Adolphus W. Greely and Captain Donald MacMillan, Wiscasset, 1923

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1923-06-22 Location: Wiscasset Media: Glass Negative

Item 103851

MacMillan Expedition provisions, Wiscasset, 1923

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1923-06-26 Location: Wiscasset Media: Glass Negative

Item 103923

MacMillan Expedition provisions, Wiscasset, 1923

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1923-06-26 Location: Wiscasset Media: Glass Negative

Item 7812

Commodore Robert Peary and Mrs. Peary, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Harpswell Media: Card photograph

Item 9599

Mucalesa Mountain from Mucalesa Pond, Talcott Survey, 1841

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1841 Media: Phototransparency

Item 15559

Co-cum-go-muc Mountains, ca. 1841

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1841 Media: Transparency

Item 17395

Sketch with Camera Lucida, ca. 1841

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1841 Media: Transparency

Item 17396

Camera Lucida sketch, ca. 1841

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1841 Media: Transparency

Item 17403

Spider Lake, ca. 1841

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1841 Media: Transparency

Item 28777

The S.S. "Roosevelt," ca. 1908

Contributed by: Maine State Museum Date: circa 1908 Location: New York Media: Lantern slide

Item 98742

Vines Monument, Biddeford Pool, 1916

Contributed by: Biddeford Historical Society Date: circa 1916 Location: Biddeford Media: Stone, photograph

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Item 27192

Waymouth Memorial Dedication at Mall, Thomaston, 1905

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: 1905-07-06 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print

Item 54903

Schooner 'Bowdoin' departs from Castine, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: circa 1950 Location: Castine Media: Photographic print