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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 18220

Dow Field Air Women's Army Corps Show, Bangor, 1944

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1944-05-29 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Item 18221

Dow Field Air WAC Show, 1944

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1944-05-29 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Item 18903

Theodore Barrell letter to brother Nathaniel, 1776

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776 Location: Baltimore; Philadelphia; York Media: Ink on paper

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Item 18925

Chest from the ship "Boxer," ca. 1813

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1812 Media: Wood, iron

Item 19263

John M. Dillingham letter to mother, November 21, 1861

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Freeport; Hamburg Media: Paper

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Item 19313

Cushing Island from Fort Preble, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: South Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 20606

Captain George Rogers, Topsham, 1901

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1900 Location: Topsham Media: Oil painting on canvas

Item 20783

Samuel Waldo, ca. 1750

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1750 Media: Ink on paper

Item 21008

Cross Island Life Saving Station, Machiasport, ca. 1900

Contributed by: St. Croix Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Machiasport Media: Photographic print

Item 21027

Letter concerning Nancy Pierce teaching position, 1860

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1860 Location: York; Gorham Media: Ink on paper

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Item 21099

Instrument Panel on 38' Buoy Boat, ca. 1943

Contributed by: Great Harbor Maritime Museum Date: circa 1943 Location: Mount Desert; Ellsworth Media: Photographic print

Item 21101

WWII Buoy Boat testing, Mt. Desert, ca. 1943

Contributed by: Great Harbor Maritime Museum Date: circa 1943 Location: Mount Desert Media: Photographic print

Item 21660

Moving gun, South Portland, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1898 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 21661

Gun transport, South Portland, ca. 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1898 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 21692

Memorial Day, Oakdale Cemetery, Sanford, 1906

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: 1906-05-30 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative

Item 22507

William Pepperrell letter on completion of ship, 1749

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1749 Location: Kittery Media: Ink on paper

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Item 22509

William Pepperrell on military officers, 1753

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1753 Location: Kittery Media: Ink on paper

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Item 22511

Pepperrell letter concerning ship damages, 1747

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1747 Location: Kittery Media: Ink on paper

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Item 22516

William Pepperrell on debt settlement, 1748

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1745 Location: Kittery; Louisbourg Media: Ink on paper

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Item 22543

Letter concerning troops for Louisburg campaign, 1755

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1755 Location: Roxbury; Kittery Media: Ink on paper

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Item 22993

Fairview Acres, Presque Isle, 1944

Contributed by: Presque Isle Historical Society Date: 1944-07-22 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print

Item 23003

Interior, Fairview Acres furnished apartment, Presque Isle, 1944

Contributed by: Presque Isle Historical Society Date: 1944-07-22 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print

Item 23018

House and Garden -Interior of Fairview Acres Unfurnished Apartment, 1944

Contributed by: Presque Isle Historical Society Date: 1944-07-22 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print

Item 23022

Fairview Acres Housing Project, Presque Isle, 1944

Contributed by: Presque Isle Historical Society Date: 1944-07-22 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print