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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 55120

U.S.S. 'Bowdoin' crew, Greenland, 1941

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1941 Media: Photo negative

Item 60541

Armistice Day, Lubec, 1918, 1918

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1918-11-11 Location: Lubec Media: Matte-finish photographic postcard

Item 62799

Coburn Park area, Waterville, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Waterville Public Library Date: circa 1940 Location: Waterville Media: Postcard

Item 63561

O.O. Howard sketch of Gettysburg battlefield, 1899

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1899 Location: Gettysburg Media: Ink on paper

Item 64470

John P. Sheahan on duration of war, Virginia, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Warrenton; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 64621

Lt. John Sheahan on need for money, Virginia, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 64624

John Sheahan to POW son, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Dennysville; Columbia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 64625

Letter about changes in North Carolina, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: New Bern; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 65269

Maine Soldiers' Relief Association card, Washington, ca. 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Location: Washington Media: Ink on paper

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Item 65270

Memo on returning injured soldiers, Washington, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865-05-20 Location: Washington Media: Ink on paper

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Item 66947

Shipment inquiry order, Bonnet Carre, Louisiana, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: La Place; Castine Media: Ink on paper

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Item 67506

Battle of Port Hudson, Louisiana, 1863

Contributed by: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division through Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Port Hudson Media: Digital image of chromolithograph

Item 67891

Elzira Haley letter to her father, William Haley Jr., 1865

Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1865-06-18 Location: Sebago; Standish; Gorham; Portland Media: Pencil on paper

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Item 70440

Sebago Bounty Reimbursement Claim Questions, 1869

Contributed by: Maine State Archives through Maine State Archives Date: 1896-06-19 Location: Sebago; Westbrook; Gorham Media: Ink on paper

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Item 71044

Horatio Jose to Gen. George F. Shepley, 1862

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

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Item 71153

Maine Volunteer Militia encampment, Augusta, 1885

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: 1885 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper, Lithograph

Item 71790

Knox Memorial, Thomaston, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Thomaston Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 72498

War Ration Book Number Four for Harry G. Carter, Surry, ca. 1943

Contributed by: Surry Historical Society Date: circa 1943 Location: Surry Media: Ink on paper

Mystery Corner Item

Item 73333

Red Cross life saving class, ca. 1926

Mystery Corner Item Do you know who these men are and where this was taken?

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1926 Media: Glass Negative

Item 74473

Order for provisional court in Louisiana, Washington, D.C., 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-10-20 Location: New Orleans Media: Ink on paper

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Item 74503

Recommendation to fund school for indigent black children, New Orleans, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-11-08 Location: New Orleans Media: Ink on paper

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Item 76034

Letter concerning widow's pension, 1901

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1901 Location: Vinalhaven; Washington Media: Ink on paper

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Item 76035

Calderwood pension certificate, Augusta, 1867

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1867 Location: Vinalhaven Media: Ink on paper

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Item 76036

Mary Calderwood pension certificate, Augusta, 1871

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1871 Location: Vinalhaven Media: Ink on paper

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