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Keywords: War effort

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 21114

Navy Yawl, Mt. Desert, ca. 1943

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

Item 33518

Minsky Warden Armband, ca. 1943

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

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 102428

Fort Levett military training drills, Cushing Island, ca. 1917

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

Item 15107

"My daddy bought me a government bond" Third Liberty Loan poster, 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1918 Media: ink on paper

Item 9353

Civil War post office scroll, 1862-1864

Contributed by: An individual through North Yarmouth Historical Society Date: 1862–1865 Location: South Berwick; Biddeford; Saco; Portland; Brunswick; Bath; Gardiner; Hallowell; Waterville; Skowhegan; Dexter; Foxcroft; Dover; Bangor; Ellsworth; Narraguagus; Columbia; Machias; East Machias; Dennysville; Pembroke; Eastport; Perry; North Perry; Robbinston; Red Beach; Calais; Milltown; Princeton; Topsfield; Jackson Brook; Weston; Amity; Hodgdon; North Houlton; Littleton; Monticello; Presque Isle; Fremont; Fort Fairfield; Castle Hill; Aroostook; Masardis; Patten; Lincoln; Lee; Springfield; Hudson; North Carmel; South Levant; Belfast; Camden; Rockport Media: Paper, pencil, ink

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Item 100547

Civil War memorial groundbreaking, Bethel, 1908

Contributed by: Bethel Historical Society Date: 1908 Location: Bethel Media: Photographic print

Item 101793

WWI preparedness parade, South Berwick, 1917

Contributed by: Old Berwick Historical Society Date: 1917 Location: South Berwick 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 105169

President William H. Taft, Houlton, 1917

Courtesy of Henry Gartley, an individual partner Date: 1917-05-17 Location: Houlton Media: Postcard

Item 104320

Join the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, World War II poster, ca. 1943

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

Item 81735

W.W.II Rubber drive at the Star Theater, Westbrook, 1943

Contributed by: Walker Memorial Library Date: 1943 Location: Westbrook Media: Photographic print

Item 102770

Ruth True's afternoon suit, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Portland Media: Wool, silk

Item 21108

Buoy Boat under power in Union River, ca. 1943

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

Item 103726

Plane pulled across Canadian border in Houlton, 1940

Courtesy of Henry Gartley, an individual partner Date: 1940-06-02 Location: Houlton Media: Photograph

Item 35285

Main Street butter line, Biddeford, 1943

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1943 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 21092

Buoy Tender built by Mt. Desert Yacht Yard, ca. 1943

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

Item 21112

Buoy Boat under Construction, ca. 1943

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

Item 12284

Monument Park, Caribou, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Caribou Public Library Date: circa 1920 Location: Caribou Media: Photographic print

Item 35290

Butter line during WWII, Biddeford, 1943

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1943 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 102504

Letter to Woodrow Wilson regarding Prohibition during WWI, Bangor, ca. 1916

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1916 Location: Bangor Media: Ink on paper

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Item 21104

Buoy Boats, Mount Desert, ca. 1943

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

Item 21093

Tender, Mt. Desert, 1944

Contributed by: Great Harbor Maritime Museum Date: 1944-11-09 Location: Mount Desert Media: Photographic print

Item 104875

War savings stamps camp, Portland, 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1920 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative