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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 103297

National Youth Administration cabin, Houlton, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1940 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 103298

The National Youth Administration hangar with planes, Houlton, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1940 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 12351

WPA work on Swinging Bridge, Brunswick, 1936

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1936 Location: Brunswick Media: Photograph, print

Item 16546

Northeast airplane at Portland Municipal Airport, Portland, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Portland Media: Postcard

Item 33616

Fifth Street Junior High School, Bangor, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1940 Location: Bangor Media: Postcard

Item 71713

Community Building, Rockland, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Location: Rockland Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 23677

Film of model airplane flying competition, Portland, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Media: filmstrip, 16mm

Item 71750

Deer Isle Bridge, Sedgwick, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Sedgwick Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 71706

Tourist postcard of Quoddy Village, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Eastport Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 66609

Map of Mt. Desert Island printed on postcard, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1935 Location: Mount Desert Island Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 6704

Civil War recruiting broadside, 1861

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861-10-01 Location: Scarborough Media: Ink on paper

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Item 14774

Navy plea for binoculars, 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1917 Media: Ink on paper, poster

Item 14777

Gee!! I wish I were a man World War I poster, 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1917 Media: Ink on paper, lithograph, poster

Item 14781

Maine Potato Week World War 1 poster, 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1918 Location: Bangor Media: Ink on paper, poster

Item 14785

Hey fellows! World War I book poster, 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1918 Media: Ink on paper, lithograph, poster

Item 14789

"Help him win by saving and serving," World War I era poster, ca. 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1918 Media: Ink on paper. Lithograph, poster

Item 14794

Children and war stamps World War I poster, 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1917 Media: Ink on paper

Item 14796

Book solitication poster, ca. 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1917 Media: Ink on paper, poster

Item 14803

Rivets are bayonets poster, 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1917 Media: Ink on paper

Item 14804

Clear-the-way!! World War I poster, 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1918 Media: Ink on paper, poster

Item 14805

Joan of Arc saved France, World War I poster, ca. 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1918 Media: Ink on paper, lithograph, poster

Item 14806

I summon you to the comradeship, World War 1 poster, 1918