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LC Subject Heading: Prisoners of 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 7482

George Dennison letter, war prisoner, 1814

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1814 Location: Freeport; Dartmoor Media: Ink on paper

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Item 13032

Soldiers' Burying Ground, Eastern Promenade, Portland, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 13518

Gerhard Kleindt, Houlton, ca. 1944

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1944 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 20923

Sketch of Dartmoor Prison, 1815

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1815 Location: Princeton Media: Ink, watercolor on paper

Item 73088

Bone ring, ca. 1861

Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: circa 1861 Media: Bone, paint

Item 73418

Bone ring, ca. 1861

Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: 1861–1865 Media: Bone, pigment

Item 73421

Bone ring, ca. 1861

Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: 1861–1865 Media: Bone, paint

Item 73967

Request to prohibit whipping of prisoners, New Orleans, 1862

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

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Item 84290

Views of Andersonville Prison, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Location: Andersonville Media: Lithograph

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Item 64620

John P. Sheahan on court martial, Virginia, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Alexandria; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 64623

Letter to John Sheahan recalling escape, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Erie; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 64625

Letter about changes in North Carolina, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: New Bern; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 5536

Neal Dow, Portland, 1851

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1851 Media: Photographic print

Item 9200

Abner Small prison diary, 1864-1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864–1865 Location: Petersburg Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10801

Peleg Wadsworth to wife about wound and imprisonment, Castine, 1781

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1781-02-19 Location: Castine Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10802

Letter from Peleg Wadsworth to wife, Betsey about prison, 1781

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1781-02-20 Location: Portland; Castine Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10803

Letter from Peleg Wadsworth to his wife, Betsey, Mar. 15, 1781

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1781-03-15 Location: Castine Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10892

German prisoner of war painting, Camp Houlton, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1945 Location: Houlton Media: Oil painting

Item 10893

Painting by prisoner of war, Camp Houlton, 1945

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1945 Location: Houlton Media: Oil painting

Item 10894

German POW painting, Houlton, 1945

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1945 Location: Houlton Media: Oil painting

Item 10895

Lois Porter, Houlton, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1945 Location: Houlton Media: Oil painting

Item 11123

U.S. Army Airfield Main Gate, Houlton, ca. 1943

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1943 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 13526

Site of the Houlton Army Air Base, 2003

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 2003-12-12 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 13528

German barber, Camp Houlton, 1945

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1945 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print