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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 10588

Veterans and Boy Scouts, Portland, May 31, 1941

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1941-05-31 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 10747

Band on parade, Monson, 1939

Contributed by: Monson Historical Society Date: 1939-05-30 Location: Monson Media: Photographic print

Item 10765

Heywood Tavern, Skowhegan, ca. 1836

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1836 Location: Skowhegan Media: Print

Item 10800

Letter from James Bowdoin to General Peleg Wadsworth, 1780

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1780-09-12 Location: Boston; Castine Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10894

German POW painting, Houlton, 1945

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

Item 10942

Letter from Daniel Lord to his wife, July 21, 1861

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861-07-21 Location: Kennebunkport; Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 11052

Memorial Day, Portland, 1981

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1981-05-25 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 11055

State Office Building bomb shelter, Augusta, 1981

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1981-06-04 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print

Item 11144

Peleg Wadsworth's Pistol, ca. 1770

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1770 Location: Portland Media: Metal and wood

Item 11147

Peleg Wadsworth III canteen, ca. 1812

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1812 Location: Portland Media: Wood

Item 11175

Veterans Day, Augusta, 1981

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1981-11-12 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print

Item 11311

Certificate of non-liability for Civil War, Houlton, 1863

Contributed by: Cary Library Date: 1863-09-01 Location: Houlton; Bangor Media: Printed form

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Item 11589

Transporting mast, Kittery Navy Yard, 1897

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1897-07-22 Location: Kittery; Portsmouth Media: Photographic print

Item 11609

John Davison to wife from Veracruz, Mexico, March 28, 1847

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1847-03-28 Location: Augusta; Veracruz Media: Ink on paper

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Item 11816

Alexander Crawford eucre cards, Skowhegan, 1864

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1864 Location: Skowhegan Media: Paper

Item 12092

Seth Gordon, Gorham, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: Gorham Media: Photographic print

Item 12284

Monument Park, Caribou, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Caribou Public Library Date: circa 1920 Location: Caribou Media: Photographic print

Item 12796

Richard Cutts Shannon, Colby 1862

Contributed by: Colby College Special Collections Date: circa 1862 Media: Photographic print

Item 12930

Celebration at Caribou, 1919

Contributed by: Caribou Public Library Date: 1919-07-04 Location: Caribou Media: Photographic print

Item 13032

Soldiers' Burying Ground, Eastern Promenade, Portland, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 13672

Pythian Block, Main Street, Kennebunk, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Kennebunk Free Library Date: circa 1880 Location: Kennebunk Media: Cabinet photograph

Item 13897

Suffolk Punch horses and gigger wagon, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1915 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 13969

Gen. Joshua L. Chamberlain, ca. 1865

Contributed by: Brewer Public Library Date: circa 1865 Location: Brewer Media: Photographic print

Item 14072

Phil Boudreau, Louise Surrette, Bangor, 1942

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1942 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print