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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 99435

Civil War veterans at Memorial Hall, Belfast, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Belfast Free Library Date: circa 1890 Location: Belfast Media: Photograph on card

Item 100280

Hiram Berry enlistment receipt, Scarborough, 1864

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: 1864-02-01 Location: Scarborough Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100281

Zebulon Knight enlistment receipt, Scarborough, 1864

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1864 Location: Scarborough Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100485

Freeland Holmes' Sash, Foxcroft, ca. 1862

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: circa 1862 Location: Foxcroft Media: Textile

Item 100564

Caroline Washburn Holmes proof of marriage, Livermore, 1863

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1857-06-03 Location: Livermore Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100575

Freeland Holmes letter to Caroline Ann Washburn, Virginia, 1862

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1862-07-25 Location: Harrison's Landing Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100680

Samuel Washburn on Civil War commissions, New York, 1862

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1862-01-17 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100692

Samuel Washburn on reporting for duty, LeRay, New York 1863

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1863-01-12 Location: Le Ray Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100696

Israel Washburn on Civil War compromises, Orono, 1861

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1861-06-27 Location: Orono Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100697

Samuel Washburn describes "USS Galena," Connecticut, 1862, 1862

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1862-04-16 Location: Mystic Bridge Media: Ink on paper

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Item 101078

Bethel Zouaves militia company, Bethel, ca. 1862

Contributed by: Bethel Historical Society Date: circa 1862 Location: Bethel Media: Half plate ambrotype

Item 101132

Civil War era soldier's garb, ca. 1866

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Date: circa 1866 Location: Bangor Media: Ink and watercolor on paper

Item 101273

Caesar Rodney on Revolutionary War, Philadelphia, 1776

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-08-03 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 101277

James Wilson on troop readiness, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1775

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1775-05-09 Location: Carlisle; Lancaster Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102329

Soldier-boy and US flag postcard, Biddeford, ca. 1917

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1917 Location: Biddeford Media: Postcard

Item 102359

R.M.S "Scythia" travel log card, September, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1927-09-08 Location: Boston; La Havre Media: Print on paper

Item 102423

William Johnston informs Mildred Burrage about hospital, France, 1914

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1914-11-25 Location: Giverny; Kennebunkport Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102495

Members of the Yale Unit Mobile Hospital, France, 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1918 Location: Chaillon Media: Photographic print

Item 102537

World War I Red Cross Canteen uniform, ca. 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1917 Media: Cotton
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Item 103782

Memorial dedication, Kittery, 1924

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1924-11-11 Location: Kittery Media: Glass Negative

Item 104207

G.A.R. National Encampment announcement, Portland, 1929

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1929 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 104351

"Cut logs now!," World War II poster, ca. 1943

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

Item 104516

George Allen Soule, Yarmouth, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Yarmouth; North Yarmouth Media: Tintype

Item 105315

Bird's eye view of National Soldier's Home, Togus near Augusta, 1878

Contributed by: Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education Date: 1878 Location: Togus Media: Lithograph