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Category: Military & War

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 10892

German prisoner of war painting, Camp Houlton, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1945 Location: Houlton Media: Oil painting

Item 10893

Painting by prisoner of war, Camp Houlton, 1945

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1945 Location: Houlton Media: Oil painting

Item 13519

Houlton Army Air Base Fire House, 1941

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1941 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 13562

German POWs on the farm, Houlton, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1945 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 14691

War banner, Portland City Hall, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Portland; Havana Media: Photographic print

Item 14898

York Street fire clean-up, Bangor, 1945

Contributed by: Hose 5 Fire Museum Date: 1945-01-29 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Item 15264

Air Force trainees, Colby College, 1942

Contributed by: Colby College Special Collections Date: circa 1942 Location: Waterville Media: Photographic print

Item 15448

Memorial Day Parade, Hodgdon Mills, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Hodgdon Mills Media: Photographic print

Item 15795

Louise Surrette, Union Railroad Station, Bangor, 1943

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1943 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Item 15888

Study at the Vassall-Craigie-Longfellow House, Cambridge, Massachusetts,1882

Contributed by: NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Date: 1882 Location: Cambridge Media: Wood, metal

Item 16674

Soldiers marching in Presque Isle Memorial Day parade, 1944

Contributed by: Presque Isle Air Museum Date: 1944-05-30 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print

Item 16699

Recruits, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, 1917

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1917 Location: Brunswick Media: Photograph, print

Item 17038

Nelson Herrin, Houlton, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1870 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 17383

Continental Congress resolution, 1776

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 18993

Pfc. Leonard Parks, North Yarmouth, 1942

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1942 Location: North Yarmouth Media: Photographic print

Item 20304

Boy Scouts, Portland, ca. 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1918 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 20418

Frederick Hale letter to John Stowell, 1918

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1918 Location: Freeport Media: Ink on paper

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Item 20421

Letter about John Arthur Stowell's death in battle, 1918

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1918-06-16 Location: Freeport Media: Ink on paper

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Item 20702

Painting of Mont Saint Michel, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1945 Location: Houlton Media: Oil painting

Item 20988

Royal Canadian Air Force plane, Old Orchard Beach, 1926

Contributed by: Old Orchard Beach Historical Society Date: 1926 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Photographic print

Item 21077

War support display, Portland, 1942

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1942 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 21095

Mine Sweeper launch, Mt. Desert, ca. 1943

Contributed by: Great Harbor Maritime Museum Date: circa 1943 Location: Mount Desert Media: Photographic print

Item 21112

Buoy Boat under Construction, ca. 1943

Contributed by: Great Harbor Maritime Museum Date: circa 1943 Location: Mount Desert; Ellsworth Media: Photographic print

Item 21115

Construction, Navy yawl, Mount Desert, ca. 1942

Contributed by: Great Harbor Maritime Museum Date: circa 1942 Location: Mount Desert Media: Photographic print