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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 99431

K.B. Sewall on return to Mobile, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Mobile; New York Media: Pencil on paper

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Item 99432

K.B. Sewall list of items to take to Mobile, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865-05-15 Location: Mobile Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100334

British volunteer militia cufflinks, Portland, ca. 1758

Contributed by: Tate House Museum Date: circa 1758 Location: Portland Media: Brass

Item 100337

Somers Sewall on getting mail to South, Portland, 1861

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861-08-21 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100358

William "Napoleon" Thomas, Rumford Center, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Greater Rumford Area Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Rumford Media: Photographic print

Item 100610

American Legion Hall, 11 Upper Depot Street, Bridgton, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Bridgton Historical Society Date: circa 1938 Location: Bridgton Media: Ink on paper, photograph

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Item 100650

Caroline Ann Washburn Holmes, Minneapolis, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: circa 1880 Location: Minneapolis Media: Carte de visite

Item 100856

Freeland Holmes on Livermore news, Virginia, 1862

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1862 Location: Livermore Media: Ink on paper

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Item 101075

Slave whip, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Date: 1864 Location: Bangor Media: Ink on paper

Item 101076

Marcellus Emery, Bangor, ca. 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Date: 1864 Location: Bangor Media: Ink on paper

Item 101107

Fashion in Bangor, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Date: circa 1865 Location: Bangor Media: Ink on paper

Item 101408

John Quincy Adams regarding Adams' esteem for the Wadsworths, Boston, 1809

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1809-07-11 Location: Boston; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 101842

Meyer Davis, Jr., ca. 1924

Contributed by: Raymond H. Fogler Library Date: circa 1924 Media: Photographic print

Item 102146

John Adams to Joseph Palmer on absolute independence from Britain, Philadelphia, 1774

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1774-09-26 Location: Philadelphia; Quincy Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102162

Stephen Hopkins on the Continental Navy, Philadelphia, 1776

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-01-06 Location: Philadelphia; Baltimore Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102193

Resolution in Congress by Charles Thomson, 1779

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1779-09-20 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102311

Herbert and Sumner Cobb, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Media: Photographic print

Item 102534

Lincoln Turner's student cadet training jacket, Orono, ca. 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1918 Location: Orono; Waltham Media: Wool, cotton, bakelite, bronze

Item 102669

Van and Kim Luu, South Portland, 2009

Courtesy of Jan Pieter Van Voorst Van Beest, an individual partner Date: 2017 Location: South Portland Media: Digital photograph

Item 103976

Marine Corps guarding mail at Union Station, Portland, 1926

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1926 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 104219

Hardy's proclamation to the citizens of Moose Island, Eastport, 2014

Courtesy of Ruth McInnis, an individual partner Date: 1814 Location: Eastport Media: Ink on paper

Item 104325

An issue of "Big Guns" for selling war stamps, World War II pamphlet, ca. 1943

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1943 Media: Lithograph

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Item 105088

Potosi (Bolivian) Eight Reales Cob coin, Castine, 1678

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1678 Location: Castine Media: Silver

Item 105089

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

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