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LC Subject Heading: Ships

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 45570

Brig "Octavia," Naples, 1824

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1824 Location: Portland Media: Paint, paper, glass, wood

Item 54902

Schooner 'Bowdoin' in drydock, South Portland, 1921

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1921 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 55124

Schooner 'Bowdoin' relaunched, Bath, 1984

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1984-10-26 Location: Bath Media: Photo negative

Item 61864

Quarry boat loaded with granite stone, Swan's Island, 1900

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Item 7488

Auction record of 'Boxer,' Portland, 1813

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1813-11-15 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 8864

Steel four-mast bark 'Dirigo,' Bath, 1894

Contributed by: Maine Maritime Museum Date: 1894 Location: Bath Media: Glass Negative

Item 8868

Preparing 'Gov. Ames' for launching, Leavitt Storer shipyard, Waldoboro, 1888

Contributed by: Maine Maritime Museum Date: 1888-12-01 Location: Waldoboro Media: Albumen print

Item 9538

List of vessels built in Brunswick, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1781–1797 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 13553

Brass binnacle and compass, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Museum at Portland Head Date: circa 1900 Media: Brass

Item 21650

General Banks, South Portland, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: South Portland Media: Print from glass negative

Item 22276

Topsail schooner, ca. 1877

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1877 Media: Oil on canvas

Item 22381

Schooner M.M. Hamilton, 1926

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1925 Media: Glass Negative

Item 49364

Captain John Blanchard, ca. 1855

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1855 Location: Searsport; Corinth Media: Ambrotype

Item 49682

George Brazier, ca. 1855

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1855 Media: Oil on canvas, wood

Item 80429

"Mineola," Friendship, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Friendship Museum Date: circa 1915 Location: Friendship Media: Photographic print

Item 92245

Steamboats Wiwurna, Nahanada, Samoset, and Winter Harbor in Boothbay Harbor, 1890

Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: 1890 Location: Boothbay Harbor Media: Photographic print

Item 104513

Captain Lewis Mitchell, Portland, ca. 1855

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1855 Location: Portland Media: Ambrotype

Mystery Corner Item

Item 105097

Fishermen on board "Midnight Sun," ca. 1935

Mystery Corner Item Who and where are they?

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1935 Media: Photographic print

Item 105548

Joseph S. Dodge house, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Islesboro Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Islesboro Media: photographic print

Item 82

Gangway board from 'U.S.S. Hartford', ca. 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1862 Media: Wood

Item 6150

Charles F. Rice, 1883

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1883 Location: Yarmouth Media: Oil on canvas

Item 6153

Clipper Grecian in the Dutch East Indies, ca. 1854

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1854 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Oil on canvas

Item 6964

Painting of the Edward H. Crockett, 1944

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1944 Location: Portland Media: Oil on canvas

Item 8077

Interior view of Chas. W. Parker, Jr., ca. 1909

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1909 Location: Portland Media: Photoprint