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Keywords: World War II

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 10895

Lois Porter, Houlton, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1945 Location: Houlton Media: Oil painting

Item 103805

Camp Houlton POW area, Houlton, ca. 1945

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

Item 78816

WWI Movie Broadside, Dixfield, 1943

Contributed by: Dixfield Historical Society Date: 1943 Location: Dixfield Media: Ink on paper

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Item 21108

Buoy Boat under power in Union River, ca. 1943

Contributed by: Great Harbor Maritime Museum Date: circa 1943 Location: Mount Desert; Ellsworth 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 17614

Ferry Norman II, Boothbay Harbor, ca. 1918

Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: circa 1918 Location: Boothbay Harbor Media: Photographic print

Item 10399

Schools at War, North School, Portland, ca. 1942

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1942 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper, photographic prints, crayon, pencil

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Item 9420

Ration book cover, Norway, ca. 1943

Contributed by: Norway Historical Society Date: circa 1943 Location: Norway Media: Ink on paper

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Item 35290

Butter line during WWII, Biddeford, 1943

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1943 Location: Biddeford 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 14068

Johnny Surette, Mexico, ca. 1942

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1942 Location: Mexico Media: Photographic print

Item 111091

NES models with Mildred Burrage, South Portland, 1943

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

Item 23186

Richard Box recollection of Christmas in North Africa, 1943

Contributed by: Western Maine Cultural Alliance Date: 1943 Media: MP3

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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 102431

District-Wireless Station, Cushing Island, Maine, ca. 1914

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1914 Location: Cushing Island Media: Photographic print

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 99136

Donald J. and Beverly Haley Collins Jr. wedding day, Portland, 1944

Contributed by: Dixfield Historical Society Date: 1944-02-11 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 17903

Beauty shop, Dow Field, Bangor, 1945

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1945-04-18 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Item 21092

Buoy Tender built by Mt. Desert Yacht Yard, ca. 1943

Contributed by: Great Harbor Maritime Museum Date: circa 1943 Location: Mount Desert; Ellsworth Media: Photographic print

Item 18143

Colonel Jensen, Dow Field, 1944

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1944-06-07 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Item 18144

Colonels Landers and Jensen, Dow Field, 1944

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1944-06-07 Location: Bangor 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

Item 17912

Women's Army Corps Clerk, Dow Field, Bangor, ca. 1944

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

Item 13518

Gerhard Kleindt, Houlton, ca. 1944

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