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
Dimensions: 38 x 28 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

Mr. William S. Hewitt Album, North Stonington, Ct. November 30, 1839 [commonplace book]
Author: Hewitt, William Stanton 1823 - 1881
Date Produced: 1839 - 1843
Language: English
Type: DiariesJournals (accounts)
Accession Number: OML-1839-53

Portland Municipal Activities, 1937 : City Manager's report for 1937 fourteenth year under council manager form of government.
Publisher: Barlow, James E.
Language: English
Dimensions: 23 x 15 cm
LC Call Number: F16.P9 1937 B3
OCLC: 1467010413
Accession Number: OML-1937-197

Portland municipal activities 1938: city manager's report for 1938 fifteenth year under council manager form of government.
Publisher: Barlow, James E.
Language: English
Dimensions: 23 x 15 cm
LC Call Number: F16.9 1939 B3
OCLC: 1468422471
Accession Number: OML-1938-177

Portland Municipal Activities 1947: City Manager's Report for 1947 twenty-fifth year under council manager form of government.
Author: Getchell, Robert L.Moore, Lyman S.
Language: English
Dimensions: 21 x 13 cm
LC Call Number: F16.9 1947 M6
OCLC: 1468433718
Accession Number: OML-1947-161