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LC Subject Heading: Inventions

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 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 17513

Camera stabilizer, Indianapolis, ca. 1958

Contributed by: An individual through Fryeburg Historical Society Date: circa 1958 Location: Indianapolis; Fryeburg Media: Photographic print

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 23402

Sparrow button patent, 1876

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

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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 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 35555

Jewett Self-Heating Can promotion, ca. 1903

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

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Item 98907

Russell S. Morse Cabbage Slicer, East Dixfield, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Dixfield Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: East Dixfield Media: Wood, metal

Item 10882

Taber Wagon, Houlton, ca. 1909

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1905 Location: Houlton Media: Postcard

Item 15436

Taber wagon with potato barrels, Caribou, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Caribou; Houlton Media: Digital photograph

Item 17509

Flxible boat, ca. 1950

Contributed by: An individual through Fryeburg Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Fryeburg Media: Photographic print

Item 18234

Soldering lamp, ca. 1840

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

Item 20158

Zylonite shirt insert, ca. 1887

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1887 Media: Cellulose nitrate plastic

Item 6191

Moses Gerrish Farmer, 1820-1893

Contributed by: Eliot Baha'i Archives Date: circa 1860 Location: Eliot Media: Photographic print

Item 11895

Cycle, No. 1, Portland Company, ca. 1889

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1889 Location: Portland; New York Media: Photographic print

Item 11896

Cycle No. 1, Portland Company, ca. 1889

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1889 Location: Portland; New York Media: Photographic print

Item 12544

W.H.C. Automatic Voltage Regulators, Portland Company, ca. 1904

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1904 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper, Photographic print

Item 17512

Dearborn's Sleighmobile, New Hampshire, ca. 1947

Contributed by: An individual through Fryeburg Historical Society Date: circa 1947 Location: Kearsarge; Fryeburg Media: Photographic print

Item 12538

Chapman electric neutralizing machine, Portland Company, ca. 1904

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1904 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 99418

Woodbury K. Dana with cotton harvester, Westbrook, ca. 1918

Contributed by: Westbrook Historical Society Date: circa 1918 Location: Westbrook Media: Photographic print