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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 73418

Bone ring, ca. 1861

Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: 1861–1865 Media: Bone, pigment

Item 73421

Bone ring, ca. 1861

Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: 1861–1865 Media: Bone, paint

Item 74862

Militia trains in Baldwin, 1815

Contributed by: Baldwin Historical Society Date: 1815 Location: Baldwin; Baldwin Media: Ink on paper

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Item 80030

Notice of death and burial for John Edward Barry, 1945

Contributed by: Mexico Historical Society Date: 1945 Media: Text

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Item 80032

Purple Heart citation for John Edward Barry, 1947

Contributed by: Mexico Historical Society Date: 1945-01-02 Location: Newburgh Media: Text

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Item 81263

Symbol of Recognition for John Edward Barry, Portland, 1945

Contributed by: Mexico Historical Society Date: 1945-05-30 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 81997

Antonio Sylvain, Tientsin, China, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: circa 1920 Location: Tianjin Media: Photographic print

Item 82210

U. S. Army unit on Walker Memorial Library steps, Westbrook, 1917

Contributed by: Walker Memorial Library Date: 1917 Location: Westbrook Media: Photographic print

Item 85610

Oriental Powder Mills gunpowder keg, Gorham and Windham, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Windham Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: Windham; Gorham Media: Wood

Item 85611

Original label on wooden gunpowder keg, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Windham Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: Windham Media: Paper, wood

Item 98558

Civil War bayonet with leather scabbard, Windham, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Windham Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: Windham Media: brass, leather

Item 103992

5th Infantry Drill Squad performing at Keith's Theater, Portland, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1927 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 103993

5th Infantry Drill Squad performing at Keith's Theater, Portland, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1927 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 111287

Alexander Scammel Wadsworth, ca. 1820

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1820 Location: Portland Media: photographic print

Item 116368

Daniel H. Deering, Germany, 1957

Courtesy of CHRISTOPHER J DEERING, an individual partner Date: 1957-05-29 Location: Kaiserslautern; Portland Media: Photographic Print

Item 1037

Mustering Spanish-American War, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print

Item 1038

Soldiers, Augusta, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print

Item 1040

Mustering Spanish-American War, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print

Item 1041

Mustering Spanish-American War, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print

Item 1042

Mustering Spanish-American War, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print

Item 1490

Pemaquid Point, August 26, 1869

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1869 Location: Bristol Media: Photographic print

Item 4127

17th Maine Infantry volunteers, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864-05-03 Media: Photographic print

Item 4162

32nd Maine Infantry, ca. 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1864 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print

Item 5288

Colonel William Lithgow, Lincoln County, ca. 1760

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1760 Media: Photographic print