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LC Subject Heading: Shipwrecks

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 85235

Robert Borland 'Bohemian' deposition, Portland, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Cape Elizabeth; Liverpool; Londonderry; Perth Media: Ink on paper

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Item 85250

Capt. Edward Stone deposition on 'Bohemian' wreck, Portland, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Ink on paper

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Item 85286

'Bohemian' wreck deposition of pilot, Portland, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Cape Elizabeth; Liverpool; Londonderry; Perth Media: Ink on paper

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Item 85293

First Officer Trochs deposition on 'Bohemian' wreck, Portland, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Ink on paper

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Item 98694

Schooner 'Shamrock' aground on Spruce Point Ledge, July 1925

Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: 1925 Location: Boothbay Harbor Media: Glass Negative

Item 102277

Poem memorializing the loss of the steamer "Portland," 1899

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Chatham Media: Ink on paper

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Item 103377

"American divers at work," wreck of the USS "Maine," Havana, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Havana Media: Stereograph

Item 5737

'Oakey Alexander' aground off Cape Elizabeth, 1947

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1947 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Photographic print

Item 5742

Detail of the 'List of drowned,' S.S. Bohemian, Feb. 22, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864-02-22 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Paper

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Item 26716

Schooner Whitebelle Wreck, Lubec, 1931

Contributed by: Lubec Memorial Library Date: 1931 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Item 26722

Schooner Whitebelle Wreck, Lubec, 1931

Contributed by: Lubec Memorial Library Date: 1931 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Item 28991

Crew aboard Annie C. Maguire, ca. 1886

Contributed by: Maine State Museum Date: 1886 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Glass Negative

Item 31656

Howard W. Middleton shipwreck, Scarborough, August 10, 1897

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: 1897-08-10 Location: Scarborough Media: Slide, transparency

Item 31727

Fannie and Edith Shipwreck, Scarborough, December 4, 1900

Contributed by: Bruce Thurlow through Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: 1900-12-04 Location: Scarborough Media: Slide, transparency

Item 78685

Schooner Catherine, Somesville, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Mount Desert Media: Photographic print

Item 5726

Wreck of the Annie C. Maguire, December 24, 1886

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1886 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Photographic print

Item 5731

Sinking of the schooner 'Dorothy B. Barrett', 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1918-08-14 Media: Photographic print

Item 5736

Oakey Alexander shipwreck, March 1947

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1947 Media: Photographic print

Item 5738

Rescue of Oakey L. Alexander crew, Cape Elizabeth, 1947

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1947-03-03 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Photograph, jpg

Item 5949

City of Richmond steam ship, ca. 1882

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1882 Location: Portland Media: Albumen print

Item 6151

Shipwreck at Pond Cove, ca. 1830

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1830 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Oil on panel

Item 11608

John Davison letter from Key West, Florida, December 29, 1846

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1846-12-29 Location: Augusta; Key West Media: Ink on paper

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Item 13473

Lifering from the ship S.S Oakey L. Alexander, 1947

Contributed by: Museum at Portland Head Date: 1947 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Styrofoam

Item 16091

Wreck and rescue, the Oakey L. Alexander, March 3, 1947

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1947-03-03 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Photographic print