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Keywords: Missing persons

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 100510

Betsey H. Carsley request for information on brothers, Saco, 1889

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1889 Location: Saco Media: Ink on paper

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Item 61634

Request for information about missing soldier, Princeton, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Princeton Media: Ink on paper

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Item 73966

Gen. Shepley inquiry about soldier, New Orleans, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Baton Rouge; New Orleans Media: Ink on paper

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Item 89975

Request for information on soldier's death, Portland, 1865

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

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Item 17032

Walter Hustus letter from POW camp, 1945

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1945 Location: Gneixendorf; South Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 60178

Letter seeking information on husband, Temple, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Temple 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 16575

Rocking Horse, Littleton, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Littleton Media: Wood

Item 5507

Meshach P. Larry letter, Nov. 7, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Warrenton Junction Media: Ink on paper

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Item 5505

Meshach P. Larry letter, Dec. 21, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Falmouth Media: Ink on paper

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Item 5504

Meshach P. Larry on events of the Battle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 18, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Falmouth Media: Ink on paper

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Item 5509

Polly Warren sampler, Gorham, ca. 1800

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1800 Location: Gorham Media: Silk on linen

Item 5506

Meshach P. Larry letter, Oct. 18, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Fairfax Station Media: Ink on paper

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Item 12964

Combination rifle and shotgun, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1850 Location: Houlton; Philadelphia Media: Steel, wood

Item 13730

Sarah Ware purse, Bucksport, 1898

Contributed by: Bucksport Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Bucksport Media: Leather and metal

Item 14050

Sarah Ware's purse, Bucksport, ca. 1898

Contributed by: Bucksport Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Bucksport; Bucksport Media: Leather

Item 14051

Murder weapon, Bucksport, ca. 1898

Contributed by: Bucksport Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Bucksport Media: Wood, metal

Item 14052

Purse Belonging to Sarah Ware, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Bucksport Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Bucksport Media: Leather

Item 12323

Toy Stove, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1940 Location: Brunswick Media: Metal

Item 19091

Decorative plate, 1942

Contributed by: Maine Forest Service Date: 1942 Location: Augusta; Patten Media: Paint and wood

Item 9806

Cavalry saddle, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1860 Media: Rawhide, wood, brass fittings

Item 13778

Friends at Squirrel Island, 1895

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1895-08-06 Location: Southport Media: Photographic print

Item 7298

Gore School, Otisfield, ca. 1918

Contributed by: Otisfield Historical Society Date: circa 1918 Location: Otisfield; Otisfield Media: Photographic print

Item 54445

W.B. Adams on failed campaign, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Chancellorsville Media: Ink on paper

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