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LC Subject Heading: Prisons

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 23186

Richard Box recollection of Christmas in North Africa, 1943

Contributed by: Western Maine Cultural Alliance Date: 1943 Media: MP3

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Item 35949

Jail House at Norridgewock, about 1865

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1865 Location: Norridgewock Media: Photographic print

Item 36272

Bill for treating injured British sailors, Portland, 1813

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1813 Location: Eastport Media: Ink on paper

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Item 13518

Gerhard Kleindt, Houlton, ca. 1944

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

Item 26663

Prison Corner, Thomaston, ca. 1871

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1871 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print

Item 27172

Looking southeast down the Georges River, Thomaston, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1871 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print

Item 28793

Oxford County Jail, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum Date: circa 1890 Location: Paris Media: Photographic print

Item 72090

Report on cotton for prison, New Orleans, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Baton Rouge 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 7480

John Campbell letter on Peleg Wadsworth's escape, 1781

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1781-06-19 Location: Castine Media: Ink on paper

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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 7478

John Campbell to Henry Clinton about capture of Peleg Wadsworth, 1781

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

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Item 20209

Painting by German Prisoner of War, Houlton, 1945

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

Item 20702

Painting of Mont Saint Michel, ca. 1945

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

Item 64626

Letter to John Sheahan about son, 1865

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

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Item 72855

George Varney letter from Libby Prison, 1862

Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: 1862-06-30 Location: Leesburg Media: Paper

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Item 76601

Plea for exchange of prisoner, Brunswick, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Richmond; Macon; Brunswick Media: Ink 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 103805

Camp Houlton POW area, Houlton, ca. 1945

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

Item 4161

Walter Hustus, ca. 1943

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1943 Media: Photographic print

Item 4313

Walter Hustus at Stalag 17-B, 1943

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1944 Location: Gneixendorf Media: Photographic print

Item 5536

Neal Dow, Portland, 1851

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