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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 76578

Bowdoinham fire engine and members of the Ladies Auxiliary, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Town of Topsham Date: circa 1945 Location: Bowdoinham Media: Photographic print

Item 5198

Ruth Mayhew, Portland, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Media: Carte de visite

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 151914

Betty Cody letter about WWII and show business, Bangor, 1945

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1945-02-28 Location: Auburn; Bangor Media: Ink on paper
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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 17925

WAC R and R, ca. 1944

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

Item 80988

Sarah Sampson to Rebecca Usher, Bath, 1868

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1868 Location: Bath Media: Ink on paper

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Item 108927

Christmas at the US Army Air Base, Houlton, 1943

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1943-12-25 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 80992

Rebecca Usher on arrival at nursing station, 1862

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

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Item 98609

Louise Titcomb letter to Rebecca Usher on Annapolis Hospital, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864-04-27 Location: Hollis; Annapolis Media: Ink on paper

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Item 1461

Letter from Rebecca Usher on soldiers' hospital, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865-05-06 Location: City Point Media: Ink and pencil on paper

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Item 1464

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

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

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Item 148127

Twin sisters Octavia and Josephene Thurston, Bangor, ca. 1840

Courtesy of June Contrera, an individual partner Date: circa 1840 Location: Bangor Media: daguerreotype

Item 81876

Centennial Parade Float for GAR & WRC, Monson, 1922

Contributed by: Monson Historical Society Date: 1922-08-24 Location: Monson Media: Photographic print

Item 102424

Dr. William Johnston expresses gratitude at Burrage family donations, France, 1914

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1914-11-17 Location: Giverny; Kennebunkport Media: Print on paper

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Item 96570

Mary Dupee letter to Ellen Bacon, Washington, D.C., 1865

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

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Item 53955

Mildred Burrage, Staten Island, ca. 1944

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1944 Media: Photographic print

Item 17885

Thanksgiving at Dow Field, Bangor, 1944

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

Item 75139

Want ad for female truck drivers, Brewer, ca. 1943

Contributed by: Maine Folklife Center, Univ. of Maine Date: circa 1943 Location: Brewer Media: Newspaper

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Item 1451

Rebecca Usher diary, 1865

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

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Item 53969

Shipyard fashion show report, 1943

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1943 Location: South Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 81015

Rebecca Usher description of military hospital, Pennsylvania, 1862

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

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Item 81017

Rebecca Usher on history of military hospital, Pennsylvania, 1863

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

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