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LC Subject Heading: Wars

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 100465

U.S. Infantry Tactic Manual, Scarborough, 1861

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: 1861-05-01 Location: Scarborough Media: Ink on paper

Item 100591

Clara Moses letter to soldier, Scarborough, ca. 1862

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1862 Location: Scarborough Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100767

George Washington Pillsbury, Louisiana, ca. 1863

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1863 Location: Scarborough Media: Photographic print

Item 100834

GAR Flag, Pittsfield, ca. 1912

Contributed by: Pittsfield Historical Society Date: circa 1912 Location: Pittsfield Media: Cloth

Item 104323

Poster and letter promoting the sale of War Bonds, 1944

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1944 Media: Lithograph

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 108923

US officer and a German POW officer, Houlton, ca. 1944

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

Item 108924

US officer and seven POWs, Houlton, ca. 1944

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

Item 148615

Congress Street on D-Day, Portland, 1944

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1944-06-06 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 1147

Keep them smiling, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Media: Ink on paper

Item 4264

Mess kit, ca. 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Media: Tin, wood

Item 4266

Civil War canteen, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Media: Tin, linen, wood

Item 4278

Wilmot H. Chapman, Nobleboro, ca. 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Media: Photographic print

Item 4287

Battlefield of the United States Civil War, 1861-1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1861 Media: Photographic print

Item 5184

S.H. Leonard, 13th Massachusetts, ca. 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1862 Media: Carte de visite

Item 5191

Civil War captain, ca. 1861

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1861 Media: Tintype

Item 5257

Civil War emblem, ca. 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1862 Media: Postcard

Item 5383

Ladies to the Soldiers, Stillwater, 1861

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Stillwater Media: Ink on paper

Item 5436

Civil War musket, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Media: Iron, beechwood

Item 6045

Kimball Drum, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Media: Painted wood, calf's skin

Item 6641

Compass, Westbrook, ca. 1800

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1800 Location: Westbrook Media: Metal, paper, wood

Item 7010

WWI soldier letter, 1916

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1916-01-27 Location: London Media: Ink on paper

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Item 7012

A.G. Weeks to Elizabeth Bascome Jewett, 1915

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1915-05-20 Location: London Media: Ink on paper

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Item 7014

Letter from F. Hubbard to Elizabeth Bascome Jewett, 1916

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1916-04-25 Location: London Media: Ink on paper

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