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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 7192

General Winfield Scott, ca. 1855

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1855 Media: Engraving

Item 7391

67th General Hospital War Unit, Portland, 1942

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1942-08-28 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 7583

Skowhegan Doughboys in France, WWI, France, 1918

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: 1918-07-15 Location: Sein-et-Marne; Skowhegan Media: Photographic print

Item 7821

Japanese Peace Conference, 1905

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1905 Location: Kittery; New Castle Media: Postcard

Item 7848

Spanish prisoners, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Kittery Media: Photoprint

Item 7849

Spanish prisoners of war, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Kittery; Portsmouth Media: Photoprint

Item 7850

Spanish prisoners of war on Seavey's Island, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Kittery; Portsmouth Media: Photoprint

Item 7851

Arrival of Spanish prisoners of war, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Kittery Media: Photoprint

Item 7852

Prisoners at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Kittery Media: Photoprint

Item 7855

Departure of Spanish prisoners of war, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Kittery; Portsmouth Media: Photoprint

Item 7861

Admirals Cervera and Carpenter, Kittery, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Kittery; Portsmouth Media: Photoprint

Item 7949

Soldiers on Federal Street., Portland, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Portland Media: Photoprint

Item 8169

Armistice Day, Skowhegan, 1918

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: 1918-11-11 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print

Item 8906

Shell manufacture, Portland, ca. 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1917 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 9277

Letter from Emma Manson to Ellen Forbes, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Location: Biddeford Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9285

Letter from Ira E. Getchell to Ellen Forbes, Nov. 23, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-11-23 Location: Winslow; Washington Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9705

Letter from Thomas Lindsey to Abial Bishop, 1863

Contributed by: Leeds Historical Society Date: 1863-06-19 Location: Leeds; Great Falls Media: Ink on paper, letter

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Item 9806

Cavalry saddle, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1860 Media: Rawhide, wood, brass fittings

Item 9963

Peleg Wadsworth letter to wife, Betsey, 1778

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1778-09-02 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9966

Peleg Wadsworth letter about Penobscot Expedition, July 31, 1779

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1779-07-31 Location: Castine Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10202

Robert Jordan, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: Falmouth Media: Photoprint

Item 11309

Putnam payment for conscription substitute, Houlton, 1864

Contributed by: Cary Library Date: 1864-05-04 Location: Houlton Media: Paper

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Item 11575

Spanish prisoners, Kittery Navy Yard, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Kittery; Portsmouth Media: Photographic print

Item 11576

Prisoners of war, Kittery Navy Yard, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Kittery; Portsmouth Media: Photographic print