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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 14403

Letter concerning return of telescope, ca. 1918

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

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Item 102536

American Red Cross washable uniform, ca. 1917

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

Item 4165

Soldier welcome, Portland, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1945 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 52478

Faith Jayne Hinckley, Fairfield, 1908

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: 1908 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print

Item 103805

Camp Houlton POW area, Houlton, ca. 1945

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

Item 13567

POW farm workers, Houlton, 1944

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

Item 13569

POWs at Camp Houlton, 1945

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

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 101270

Lewis Morris inquiring about family after Revolutionary War battle, Philadelphia, 1776

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1776-09-13 Location: Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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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 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 13572

Camp Houlton PX, 1945

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

Item 81996

Edmond Leblond's Funeral, Auburn, 1918

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 1918 Location: Auburn Media: Photographic print

Item 67325

'USS Braine,' Boston Navy Yard, 1945

Contributed by: National Archives at Boston Date: 1945 Location: Boston Media: Photographic print

Item 100650

Caroline Ann Washburn Holmes, Minneapolis, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: circa 1880 Location: Minneapolis Media: Carte de visite

Item 67745

Letter from William Haley Jr, in Winchester, VA to his wife Miriam, 1865

Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1865-04-01 Location: Winchester; Richmond; Petersburg; Sebago Media: Ink on paper

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Item 17903

Beauty shop, Dow Field, Bangor, 1945

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

Item 33554

Standpipe, Bangor, ca. 1944

Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: circa 1944 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Item 98681

8th Maine Regiment recruitment poster, Belfast, ca. 1861

Contributed by: Belfast Historical Society Date: circa 1861 Location: Belfast Media: Ink on paper

Item 102324

Sumner Cobb appointment to Corporal, University of Maine, Orono, 1914

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1914-10-27 Location: Orono Media: Print on paper

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Item 103764

POW stockades with buildings at Camp Houlton Air Base, Houlton, ca. 1945

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

Item 17912

Women's Army Corps Clerk, Dow Field, Bangor, ca. 1944

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

Item 10245

Ventilation cowl from USS 'Maine,' ca. 1890

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1898 Location: Houlton Media: Painted metal work

Item 98557

Oriental Powder Company lithograph, ca. 1863

Contributed by: Windham Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Location: Gorham; Windham Media: Ink on paper