Maine Memory Network

Samuel Washburn on rebel attack at City Point, Virginia, 1862

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1862-06-18 Location: City Point Media: Ink on paper

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Josiah Bartlett to Mashech Wear, Philadelphia, 1776

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-02-26 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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Robert Paine on manufacturing saltpeter and gunpowder, Philadelphia, 1776

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-03-16 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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Hyman Deletetsky note to family from boot camp, Florida, 1944

Contributed by: An individual through Maine Historical Society Date: 1944 Location: Auburn Media: Ink on paper

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Abraham Clark offering armed support from British invasion to Samuel Tucker, Philadelphia, 1776

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-07-09 Location: Philadelphia; Trenton Media: Ink on paper

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Samuel Huntington to James Bowdoin on suppressing Shays' Rebellion, Hartford, 1787

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1785-05-26 Location: Hartford; Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Young men wanted for U.S. Navy World War I poster, ca. 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1917 Media: Ink on board

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Biddeford National Band at Camp Ellis, 1919

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1919-08-24 Location: Saco; Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Certificate of honorable death for Herbert Cobb, Washington D.C., 1919

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1918-10-14 Location: Washington Media: Print on paper

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District-Wireless Station, Cushing Island, Maine, ca. 1914

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1914 Location: Cushing Island Media: Photographic print

You Wireless Fans, Help the Navy get the Hun Submarine World War I poster, ca. 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1918 Media: Lithograph

Fort Sullivan barracks, Eastport, 2018

Courtesy of Ruth McInnis, an individual partner Date: 1809 Location: Eastport Media: Digital photograph

Poster and letter promoting the sale of War Bonds, 1944

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1944 Media: Lithograph

John Hardy on War of 1812 naval battles, Sandy Hook, New York, 1813

Contributed by: Old Canada Road Historical Society Date: 1813-05-15 Location: Sandy Hook; Kittery Point Media: Ink on paper

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Union soldier, ca. 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Media: Tintype

John Mahoney of Augusta, ca. 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Location: Augusta Media: Tintype

George Follett of New Sharon, ca. 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Location: New Sharon Media: Tintype

Pvt. Loring Marriner prior to Civil War service, ca. 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Media: Tintype

Massachusetts Bay Colony Pine Tree Sixpence coin, Castine, ca. 1671

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1671 Location: Castine Media: Silver

French 1/2 Ecu coin, Louis XIV, Castine, 1690

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1690 Location: Castine Media: Silver

Mexican Eight Reales Cob coin, Castine, ca. 1690

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1690 Location: Castine Media: Silver

Naval Officers at City Hall, Portland, 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1920 Location: Portland Media: glass negative

"View of the Castle" at Pemaquid Beach, Bristol, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Bristol Media: Glass Plate Negative

Guard stationed at Onawa Trestle, Morkill, ca. 1942

Contributed by: Monson Historical Society Date: circa 1942 Location: Morkill Media: photographic print