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 34447
Ground Observer Post WW II, Scarborough, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1940 Location: Scarborough Media: Photographic print
Item 36847
Lt. Commander Carleton Pike, Lubec, ca. 1944, ca. 1944
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1944 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print
Item 59531
Letter seeking back pay, Virginia, 1861
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Alexandria Media: Ink on paper
Item 59533
Receipt for socks, shirt, Washington, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Washington Media: Ink on paper
Item 60172
Letter on behalf of ill soldier, Virginia, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Media: Ink on paper
Item 60174
Doctor's letter certifying ill soldier, Portland, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 60178
Letter seeking information on husband, Temple, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Temple Media: Ink on paper
Item 60279
Plea for furlough for ill soldier, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Annapolis Media: Ink on paper
Item 60280
POW letter requesting food, Richmond, Va., 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Farmington; Petersburg Media: Ink on paper
Item 61634
Request for information about missing soldier, Princeton, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Princeton Media: Ink on paper
Item 61638
Soldier's request to be sent home, Washington, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Washington Media: Ink on paper
Item 61842
Request for information about injured soldier, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Washington Media: Ink on paper
Item 62539
Chart of the Penobscot River, ca. 1779
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1779 Location: Castine Media: Ink on paper
Item 65105
Letter seeking bounty pay, Virginia, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Newfield; Alexandria Media: Ink on paper
Item 67314
Navy baseball team, Otter Cliffs, ca. 1918
Contributed by: National Archives at Boston Date: 1918 Media: Photographic print
Item 67325
'USS Braine,' Boston Navy Yard, 1945
Contributed by: National Archives at Boston Date: 1945 Location: Boston Media: Photographic print
Item 67548
Letter from Lorenzo Gammon to his cousin in Sebago, 1864
Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1864-11-24 Location: Washington; Sebago Media: Pencil on paper
Item 67668
Aquia Creek Landing, Virginia, ca. 1863
Contributed by: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division through Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Location: Aquia Creek Media: Digital image of glass negative
Item 68410
House Island quarantine station, Portland, 1941
Contributed by: National Archives at Boston Date: 1941-05-06 Location: Portland; Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 71041
Appointment of Col. George Shepley as Louisiana governor, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-06-03 Location: Washington; New Orleans Media: Ink on paper
Item 71735
World War and Civil War Monument, Saco, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Location: Saco Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 96820
Boothbay Harbor's Sons of Veterans' parade float, 1919
Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: 1919 Location: Boothbay Harbor Media: Photographic print
Item 98100
Civil War veterans, Belfast, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Belfast Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Belfast Media: Photographic print
Item 100481
Freeland Holmes' Civil War Cap, Foxcroft, ca. 1862
Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: circa 1862 Location: Foxcroft Media: Wool, brass