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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.


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Item 104874

Sailing vessel, ca. 1920

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

Item 1121

Slave ship evading the Royal Navy, 1878

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1877 Location: Portland Media: Oil painting

Item 9612

Receipt from Rising Sun, Doel, Belgium, 1860

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1860 Location: Doel Media: Ink on paper

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Item 20177

Ship William Witherle, Castine, 1851

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1851 Location: Castine Media: Photographic print

Item 21712

Brig 'Dirigo' in Naples, Italy, 1869

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1869 Location: Naples; Harrington Media: Tempera on paper

Item 25325

Barque 'Dirigo,' Bath, ca. 1906

Contributed by: Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum Date: circa 1906 Location: Bath Media: Photographic print

Item 25843

Letter to Capt. Ebeneezer Hill, 1823

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1823 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 8871

Four-mast bark 'Roanoke' under sail

Contributed by: Maine Maritime Museum Date: 1892 Media: Glass Negative

Item 22589

Souvenir of the U.S.A.T. Kilpatrick

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1900 Media: Paper over metal covered with plastic

Item 22920

Schooner, Saco, 1910

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1910 Location: Saco Media: Photographic print

Item 25844

Letter from Capt. Hill on ship issues, Jamaica, 1824

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1824 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 76880

Schooner 'Bowdoin,' 1946

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1946 Media: Transparency

Item 108672

Barque "Aberdeen" of Searsport Capt. N. Dunbar Naples 1874

Courtesy of Susan Curran White, an individual partner Date: 1874 Location: Searsport Media: Watercolor on paper

Item 9614

Receipt, Liverpool

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1864-03-11 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 25017

Vista of a Four Master, Mount Desert Island, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1940 Media: Postcard

Item 25840

Schooner Decatur agreement, 1824

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1824-11-29 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 42159

Steamship "Horatio Hall," ca. 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1898 Media: Paint, canvas, cloth, wood

Item 48275

Brig "Ganza," ca. 1833

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1833 Location: Saco Media: Watercolor, pen, ink, pencil

Item 21122

Schooner 'Frank Brainerd,' ca. 1940

Contributed by: Great Harbor Maritime Museum Date: circa 1940 Location: Mount Desert Media: Photographic print

Item 23420

Bark Sarah Hand entering Naples, 1849

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1849-04-29 Location: Naples; Gardiner Media: Painting

Item 23421

Canova near New Zealand, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Media: Painting

Item 6889

Barque George S. Hunt, 1860

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Media: Oil on canvas

Item 9630

'Rising Sun' log book, 1863

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1863 Location: Callao; Cork; Queenstown Media: Ink on paper

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Item 19214

Windjammer Off the Coast of Mount Desert Island

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1915 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Photograph Postcard