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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 20424

Letter from C.H. Bridges to John Stowell regarding French military award, 1918

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1918 Location: Freeport Media: Ink on paper

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Item 20425

Croix de Guerre with gilt star awarded to John Arthur Stowell, 1918

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1918-06-16 Location: Freeport Media: Bronze, silk

Item 20426

Memorial card for John Arthur Stowell, 1919

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1918-06-16 Location: Freeport Media: Ink on paper

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Item 20427

John Arthur Stowell's recorder, Freeport, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1918-06-16 Location: Freeport Media: Wood

Item 20428

World War I musician's patch from John Arthur Stowell's uniform, 1918

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: circa 1917 Media: Gold thread, wool

Item 20795

South Portland Shipbuilding Corp., Hull #48, 1943

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1943-02-23 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 20818

Escort for 'round the world fliers, Old Orchard Beach, 1924

Contributed by: Old Orchard Beach Historical Society Date: 1924-09-06 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Photographic print

Item 21070

War Stamp display, Portland, 1942

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

Item 21080

War Stamps 'protester,' Portland, 1942

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

Item 21081

War support sales, Portland, 1942

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

Item 21094

Minesweeper, Mt. Desert , ca. 1943

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

Item 21096

Buoy Boat, Ellsworth, ca. 1943

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

Item 21097

Engine on 38' Buoy Boat, ca. 1943

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

Item 21103

Buoy Boat on Union River, Mount Desert, ca. 1943

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

Item 21105

Winch on 38' Buoy Boat, ca. 1943

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

Item 21107

Stern Area of Buoy Boat, ca. 1943

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

Item 22589

Souvenir of the U.S.A.T. Kilpatrick, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1900 Media: Paper over metal covered with plastic

Item 25215

Cmdr. Samuel Blyth, ca. 1812

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1812 Media: Ink on paper

Item 25218

Wright cartoon on Samantha Smith, 1983

Contributed by: Maine State Museum Date: 1983 Media: Ink on paper

Item 25893

Military training, Good Will Farm, 1917

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: 1917 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print

Item 27525

SFC Bertrand Dyer receiving bronze star, Vietnam, 1969

Contributed by: New Portland Historical Society Date: 1969 Media: Photographic print

Item 30975

Gilbert Molleson Elliott, Brunswick, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1900 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Item 31602

General Lafayette's toast given at Kennebunk, 1825

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1825 Location: Kennebunk Media: Ink on paper

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Item 33518

Minsky Warden Armband, ca. 1943

Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: circa 1943 Location: Bangor Media: Cotton