Category: Military & War
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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
Item 64621
Lt. John Sheahan on need for money, Virginia, 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Dennysville Media: Ink on paper
Item 64624
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Dennysville; Columbia Media: Ink on paper
Item 64625
Letter about changes in North Carolina, 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: New Bern; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper
Item 65269
Maine Soldiers' Relief Association card, Washington, ca. 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Location: Washington Media: Ink on paper
Item 65270
Memo on returning injured soldiers, Washington, 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865-05-20 Location: Washington Media: Ink on paper
Item 66947
Shipment inquiry order, Bonnet Carre, Louisiana, 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: La Place; Castine Media: Ink on paper
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
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
Item 71044
Horatio Jose to Gen. George F. Shepley, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
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
Item 73333
Red Cross life saving class, ca. 1926
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
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
Item 76034
Letter concerning widow's pension, 1901
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1901 Location: Vinalhaven; Washington Media: Ink on paper
Item 76035
Calderwood pension certificate, Augusta, 1867
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1867 Location: Vinalhaven Media: Ink on paper
Item 76036
Mary Calderwood pension certificate, Augusta, 1871
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1871 Location: Vinalhaven Media: Ink on paper