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Category: Military & War, Military Service, Auxiliary & civilian

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 14671

William A. Allen, Portland, ca. 1928

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1928 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 17716

Militia List, Houlton, 1856

Contributed by: Cary Library Date: 1856 Location: Houlton Media: Ink on paper

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Item 23404

Maine Civil Defense in Pictures, 1955

Contributed by: National Archives at Boston Date: 1955 Media: Photographic print

Item 80450

Red Cross First Aid Class, Princeton, ca. 1942

Contributed by: Joyce Carle through Princeton Public Library Date: circa 1942 Location: Princeton Media: Photographic print

Item 81807

Montgomery Guards grand reception program, Portland, 1881

Contributed by: Maine Irish Heritage Center Date: 1881-05-13 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 144

Third Maine Regiment Flag, ca. 1822

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1822 Media: Textile

Item 13753

Co. A Fort McKinley, Great Diamond Island, 1931

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1931 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 110576

Benjamin Shephard Judkins militia coatee, Palmyra, ca. 1833

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1833 Location: Palmyra Media: wool, velvet,brass, cotton, burlap

Item 110675

John Marshall Brown's militia shoulder boards, Portland, ca. 1875

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1875 Location: Portland Media: wool, brass, metalic thread

Item 1147

Keep them smiling, ca. 1940

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

Item 5215

Rebecca N. Usher, Hollis, ca. 1885

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1885 Media: Photographic print

Mystery Corner Item

Item 7919

Cadet training camp musician, Harpswell, 1896

Mystery Corner Item Can you identify the man with the autoharp?

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1896 Location: Harpswell Media: Photoprint

Item 13807

William S. Blanchard transportation invoice, Cumberland, 1862

Contributed by: Town of Cumberland Date: 1862 Location: Cumberland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 15105

Oh, boy! that's the girl, World War I poster, 1918

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

Item 15109

Be patriotic - sign your country's pledge to save the food, World War 1 poster, ca. 1918

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

Item 15114

Victory Liberty Loan poster, ca. 1919

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1919 Media: Lithograph, poster

Item 15116

Food--don't waste it, World War I poster, ca. 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1917 Media: Lithograph, poster

Item 15118

"Give or we perish" World War I era poster, ca. 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1917 Media: Lithograph, poster

Item 15120

"The Hun-His mark-Blot it out with Liberty Bonds" World War I poster, ca. 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1918 Media: Lithograph poster

Item 19019

Naval Battle at Machias, 1775

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1775-06-12 Location: Machias Media: Ink on paper

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Item 19020

'The Liberty Pole: A Tale of Machias,' 1912

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1775-06-12 Location: Machias Media: Ink on paper

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Item 20594

GAR encampment, Portland, 1887

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1887 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 20897

Old City Hall, Portland, ca. 1885

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1885 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 21003

United War Work Campaign, Portland, ca. 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1918 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print