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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 17523

Disbanding the Continental Army, November 3, 1783

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1783-11-03 Location: New Windsor Media: Digital image

Item 17524

George Washington at Monmouth, 1778

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1778 Location: Monmouth Media: Ink on paper

Item 17874

Fifth Infantry Band, ca. 1923

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1923 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Photographic print

Item 17953

Sealift/China Sea (AOT-170) at Searsport, ca. 1990

Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: circa 1990 Location: Searsport Media: Photographic print

Item 18418

Peter Sanborn letter to daughter, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: East Readfield Media: Ink on paper

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Item 18444

Letter to Horatio Jose from George Shepley, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: New Orleans Media: Ink on paper

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Item 18906

Theodore Barrell letter concerning debts, family issues, 1783

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1783 Location: York; Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 18978

General Washington Before the Battle of Trenton, ca. 1845

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1845 Location: Trenton Media: Engraving

Item 19017

Catherine Bell remembers Christmas, Monticello, 1925-1943

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1925–1943 Location: Houlton; Monticello Media: MP3

Item 19107

Bar Harbor with War Ships, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Postcard

Item 19239

John M. Dillingham letter to mother, 1863

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Freeport; Columbia; Richmond Media: Paper

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Item 19260

Capt. John G. Dillingham letter to wife, December 21, 1861

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Freeport; Bath; New York; Hamburg Media: Paper

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Item 19261

John G. Dillingham to Margaret Dillingham, December 14, 1861

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Freeport; Bath; New York; Hamburg Media: Paper

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Item 19264

Letter written by Capt. John G. Dillingham to his wife Margaret, November 21, 1861

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Freeport; Hamburg Media: Paper

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Item 19266

John G. Dillingham letter to his wife, October 20, 1861

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Freeport; Queenstown; Cork; Cape Horn; Antwerp Media: Paper

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Item 19267

Capt. John G. Dillingham to his wife, June 27, 1861

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Freeport; Callao Media: Paper

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Item 19269

John G. Dillingham letter to wife, May 9, 1861

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Freeport; Chinchas Islands; Cape Horn Media: Paper

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Item 20246

Revolutionary War monument, Portland, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 20670

New Sweden men meet during World War II, Germany, 1945

Contributed by: New Sweden Historical Society Date: circa 1945 Location: New Sweden Media: Photographic print

Item 20760

Baron St. Castin (1650-1712), ca. 1670

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1670 Media: Ink on paper, etching

Item 20791

General Pepperrell at the Siege of Louisbourg, 1745

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1745 Location: Louisbourg Media: Ink on paper

Item 20848

Stove, Brunswick, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1925 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Item 20897

Old City Hall, Portland, ca. 1885

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1885 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 21092

Buoy Tender built by Mt. Desert Yacht Yard, ca. 1943

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