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Keywords: Military action

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 17032

Walter Hustus letter from POW camp, 1945

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1945 Location: Gneixendorf; South Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 17048

Letter concerning Walter Hustus location, 1944

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1944 Location: Gneixendorf; South Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 31991

Sgt. Louis Wilbur Trafton, Guilford, 1943

Contributed by: Guilford Historical Society Date: 1943 Location: Guilford Media: Photographic print

Item 17031

Letter from POW camp, 1944

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1944 Location: Gneixendorf; South Portland Media: Ink on paper

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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 100456

Daniel H. Merrill, Scarborough, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Scarborough Media: Photographic print

Item 21101

WWII Buoy Boat testing, Mt. Desert, ca. 1943

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

Item 100464

George Merrill, Scarborough, ca. 1863

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1863 Location: Scarborough Media: Photographic print

Item 34463

"Gordon" naming ceremony program, Newport News, Virginia, 1996

Contributed by: Lincoln Historical Society Date: 1993 Location: Newport News; Mogadishu; Lincoln Media: Lithograph

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

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Item 71033

David Brown's letter from Sebago to John L Hodsdon, 1862

Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1862-09-29 Location: Sebago Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102496

Harry Marr writes home about his gas burns, France, 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1918-11-05 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 70237

Plea for medical school, New Orleans, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-05-16 Location: New Orleans Media: Ink on paper

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Item 80823

Co. H, 1st Maine Heavy Artillery Memorial, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Media: Lithograph

Item 7564

Resolution to send troops to Madawaska region, 1839

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1839-01-23 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper

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Item 101266

Franklin, Harrison, and Morris on Revolutionary War, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1776

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-08-07 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 26003

Battery A, Fort Knox, ca. 1898

Contributed by: Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands Date: 1898 Location: Prospect Media: Photographic print

Item 102167

Francis Lewis on the actions of the militia relayed to Congress, Yorktown, 1778

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1778-03-30 Location: Yorktown Media: Ink on paper

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Item 20413

Burial site card for John Arthur Stowell, 1918

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

Item 81171

Lts. Longfellow and Gleason, Culpeper VA, 1863

Contributed by: NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Date: 1863 Location: Culpeper Media: Photographic print