The Lewiston and Auburn Directory containing names of inhabitants, their occupation and places of business & c. with a history of Lewiston and Auburn.
Publisher: Stanwood & Co.,
Language: English
Dimensions: 19 x 12 cm
LC Call Number: F27.L4 1860 S7
OCLC: 1454199880
Accession Number: OML-1860-72

Insurance Maps of Portland, Maine
Publisher: Sanborn-Perris Map Co.
Date Published: 1877
Language: English
Material Type: Paper
Dimensions: 37 maps colored on sheets 52 x 33 cm
LC Call Number: G3734.P8 1877 S3
OCLC: 1454765731
Accession Number: OML-1877-78

The end of the war in the Pacific : Surrender documents in facsimile
Publisher: National Archives (U.S.)
Language: English
Dimensions: 26 x 20 cm
Historical Context: The Pacific War was fought in eastern Asia, the Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and Oceania. It was the largest theater of war ending in Japan's surrender on September 2,1945.
LC Call Number: D814.U53 1945a
OCLC: 1240738
Accession Number: OML-1945-190

Germany Surrenders Unconditionally: Facsimiles of the Documents
Publisher: National Archives (U.S.)
Language: English
Dimensions: 25 x 19 cm
Historical Context: On May 7, 1945, the surrender of Nazi Germany to the Allies was signed by Field Marshall Wilhelm Keitel in Karlshorst, Berlin. 
LC Call Number: D814.U53 1945
OCLC: 1240742
Accession Number: OML-1945-191

Leaf from Dutch Book of Hours written by a female scribe
Date Created: 1450
Dimensions: 17 x 12 cm
Printing Technique: Manuscript
Historical Context: Prayer books were developed in late medieval Europe used for private devotion. They contained prayers and psalms.

Antiphonal leaf with red initials.
Date Created: 1500
Language: Latin
Dimensions: 55 x 38 cm
Printing Technique: Manuscript

Citizen's Intelligence Digest
Publisher: Grigsby, Robert E.
Date Published: 1962
Language: English
Material Type: Newsprint
Dimensions: Cover: 40 x 29.5 cm  Open pages: 40 x 58.5 cm
Historical Context: The intent of the paper was to influence that year's presidential election which involved the Democratic candidate John F. Kennedy and the Republican Richard M. Nixon. Kennedy would ultimately win the presidency.
LC Call Number: E838 1962.C5
OCLC: 15190892
Accession Number: OML-1962-181
Subjects: Cold WarPoliticsPropaganda

Every Saturday An Illustrated Weekly Journal
Publisher: James R. Osgood and Company
Language: English
Material Type: Newsprint
Dimensions: Cover: 37 x 26 cm pages open: 37 x 56 cm
Historical Context: Decoration Day was established by the GAR - the Grand Army of the Republic as a time for the nation to decorate the graves of the war dead with flowers. Union General Major General John A. Logan set the date for the ceremony for May 30th.
LC Call Number: AP2.A2 1871 O8
OCLC: 1458054797
Accession Number: OML-1871-90

Harper's Weekly. A Journal of civilization. Vol. XXXII. - No. 1659.
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
Date Published: Oct 6th, 1888
Language: English
Material Type: Newsprint
Dimensions: Cover: 41 x 29 cm  Open pages: 41 x 58 cm
Historical Context: The main issue of the election was tariffs. Cleveland proposed a reduction in the protective tariff but Harrison opposed it. Harrison defeated Cleveland winning in the electoral college despite losing the popular vote.
LC Call Number: G3701.F9 1888 H3
OCLC: 1450504951
Accession Number: OML-1888-66
Subjects: Politics

Scenic Gems of Land and Sea with Camera: Illustrated Memories of a Pleasant Summer along the Maine Coast
Publisher: G. W. Morris
Date Produced: 1904
Language: English
Dimensions: H 9.2 x W 25 cm
Physical Description: 80, 16 p. : chiefly ill. ; 25 cm
LC Call Number: F26 .S34 1899
OCLC: 21958150
Accession Number: OML-1904-58
Subjects: Tourism