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Keywords: World War, 1939-1945

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 18140

Stewart H. Day Air Medal award, Bangor, 1944

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1944-05-20 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

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 105302

German POW with Richard Rhoda, Hodgdon, 1944

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

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 59813

Home Ec students knitting, Farmington State Normal School, 1940

Contributed by: Mantor Library at UMF Date: 1940 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print

Item 152031

U.S. Naval activity in Casco Bay, Portland, 1944

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1944 Location: Portland Media: Film negative

Item 149060

U.S. Navy Medical Department personnel entering a vehicle, Portland, ca. 1944.

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1944 Location: Portland Media: Film negative

Item 149062

Three sailors on the U.S. Navy docks, seen from overhead, Portland, ca. 1944

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1944 Location: Portland Media: Film 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 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 148613

U.S. Naval Frontier Base entrance, Portland, 1944

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1944 Location: Portland Media: Film negative

Item 148614

Sailors posing at the U.S. Navy Fleet Signal Station, Great Diamond Island, 1943

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1943 Location: Great Diamond Island Media: Film negative

Item 17968

First Lieutenant Leane Mitchell, Dow Field, ca. 1944

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

Item 17915

WAC clerk, Dow Field, Bangor, ca. 1944

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

Item 17922

Post Exchange, Dow Field, ca. 1944

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

Item 17963

New WACs look over beauty shop at Dow Field, Bangor, 1944

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1944-07-18 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Item 13529

Bridge over Cook's Brook, Houlton, 1945

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

Item 17033

Postcard announcing arrival in U.S., 1945

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1945-06-11 Location: New York; South Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 17031

Letter from POW camp, 1944

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1944 Location: Gneixendorf; South Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 98866

Postcard, Omer Morin, Bruxelles (Brussels), August 15, 1945

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 1945-08-15 Location: Brussels; Lewiston Media: Postcard

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Item 110862

Chow at Fort Williams, Cape Elizabeth, ca. 1942

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1942 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: watercolor

Item 21077

War support display, Portland, 1942

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1942 Location: Portland 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 13528

German barber, Camp Houlton, 1945

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