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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 15693
Jane Jeffrey Distinguished Service Cross, 1919
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1919 Location: Poland Spring Media: Metal, ribbon
Item 15695
Distinguished Service Cross case, 1919
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1919 Location: Poland Spring Media: Leather
Item 15796
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1943 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print
Item 16117
Poster seeking cavalry horses, Aroostook County, 1861
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1861 Media: Paper
Item 16698
Troops on Bowdoin campus, 1917
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1917 Location: Brunswick Media: Photograph, print
Item 16747
Actress Marla English, Presque Isle Air Force Base, 1952
Contributed by: Presque Isle Air Museum Date: 1952 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print
Item 17029
Message from Walter Hustus to family, 1945
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1945 Location: South Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 17031
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1944 Location: Gneixendorf; South Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 17032
Walter Hustus letter from POW camp, 1945
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1945 Location: Gneixendorf; South Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 17033
Postcard announcing arrival in U.S., 1945
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1945-06-11 Location: New York; South Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 17048
Letter concerning Walter Hustus location, 1944
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1944 Location: Gneixendorf; South Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 17241
Women's Army Corps, Portland, 1944
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1944 Location: Portland; Cape Elizabeth Media: Photographic print
Item 17302
Taking the Oath and Drawing Rations, 1866
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1866 Location: Houlton; New York Media: Painted plaster
Item 18350
Commodore Edward Preble pitcher, ca. 1805
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1804-08-03 Location: Tripoli Media: Ceramic
Item 18433
Maine General Hospital No. 67, ca. 1942
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1942 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 19012
Shipbuilding, South Portland, 1943
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1943-02-20 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 19240
Woodbury S. Purinton on capture of John M. Dillingham, 1863
Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Freeport; East Harpswell; Charleston; Philadelphia Media: Paper
Item 19245
John M. Dillingham to mother, March 1, 1863
Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Freeport; Port Royal Media: Paper
Item 20301
Society of Colonial Wars, Portland, 1903
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1903-06-26 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 20318
Portland High School Cadets, 1898
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898-05-03 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 20414
Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1917 Media: Photographic print
Item 20420
Raymond Wheeler Stowell's letter to his mother, 1918
Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1918 Location: Freeport Media: Ink on paper
Item 20422
Telegram from General McLain to John Stowell, 1918
Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1918-06-16 Location: Freeport Media: Ink on paper
Item 20423
Letter confirming death of John Arthur Stowell, 1918
Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1918-06-16 Location: Freeport Media: Ink on paper
