Search Results

Keywords: women in the military

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 18008

WACs at Thanksgiving, Dow Field, Bangor, 1944

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1944 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Item 81015

Rebecca Usher description of military hospital, Pennsylvania, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Buxton; Chester Media: Ink on paper

  view a full transcription

Item 89981

Harriet Eaton on arrival in Virginia, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: City Point Media: Ink on paper

  view a full transcription

Item 17925

WAC R and R, ca. 1944

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1944 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

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

  view a full transcription

Item 102330

Military-craft themed postcard, Biddeford, ca. 1917

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

Item 15692

Jane Jeffrey, 1919

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1919 Location: Poland Spring Media: Photographic print

Item 17899

WAC Beauty Shop, Bangor, 1945

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1945-04-18 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Item 81047

Rebecca Usher on receipt of goods, visit to Baltimore, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Chester; Baltimore; Annapolis; Boston Media: Ink on paper

  view a full transcription

Item 17900

1st Lt. receiving manicure, Dow Field, Bangor, 1945

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1945-05-01 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Item 17884

Pvt. Vera Edwards mails a Christmas package, Bangor, 1944

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1944-11-15 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Item 17886

Pvt. Cohaig Assadourin mails a Christmas package, Bangor, 1944

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1944-11-11 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Item 15695

Distinguished Service Cross case, 1919

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1919 Location: Poland Spring Media: Leather

Item 1459

Rebecca Usher on Lincoln's assassination, Virginia, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: City Point Media: Ink on paper

  view a full transcription

Item 65829

Eben Roberts, 21st Maine, to Mary Calderwood, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863-04-16 Location: Baton Rouge; Vinalhaven Media: Ink on paper

  view a full transcription

Item 15693

Jane Jeffrey Distinguished Service Cross, 1919

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1919 Location: Poland Spring Media: Metal, ribbon

Item 17885

Thanksgiving at Dow Field, Bangor, 1944

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1944 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Item 5481

Rebecca Usher on trip to begin nursing work, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Chester Media: Ink on paper
This record contains 6 images.

  view a full transcription

Item 79497

Adeline Walker on conditions at Annapolis hospital, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Portland; Annapolis Media: Ink on paper

  view a full transcription

Item 9188

Certificate of recognition, Madeline Tuttle, Norway, 1944

Contributed by: Norway Historical Society Date: 1944-05-14 Location: Norway Media: Ink and foil on paper

Item 102537

World War I Red Cross Canteen uniform, ca. 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1917 Media: Cotton
This record contains 13 images.

Item 84653

Civil War 'lint,' ca. 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Media: Linen

Item 80973

Ruth Mayhew letter to Rebecca Usher, Ottawa, Kansas, 1866

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1866 Location: Hollis; Ottawa Media: Ink on paper

  view a full transcription

Item 1464

Letter from Elizabeth Chase to Rebecca Usher, New York, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Media: Ink on paper

  view a full transcription