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Category: Military & War, Wars, World War II, 1939-1945

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 12825

WW II Newsletter, Stockholm, 1942

Contributed by: Stockholm Historical Society Date: 1942 Location: Stockholm Media: Text

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Item 15650

Durham's World War II Honor Roll, ca. 1946

Contributed by: Durham Historical Society Date: circa 1946 Location: Durham Media: Wood

Item 16718

Postcard from Walter Hustus to mother, 1943

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1943-03-10 Location: South Portland Media: Postcard

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Item 16743

Northeast Airlines DC-3, Presque Isle, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Presque Isle Air Museum Date: circa 1945 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print

Item 67576

Wheaton brothers, Swan's Island, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1945 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Item 104325

An issue of "Big Guns" for selling war stamps, World War II pamphlet, ca. 1943

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1943 Media: Lithograph

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Item 1147

Keep them smiling, ca. 1940

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

Item 4165

Soldier welcome, Portland, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1945 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 4314

Walter Hustus with his squadron, 1943

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1943 Media: Photographic print

Item 9185

Mother's day V-mail from Joseph Walker, San Francisco, 1944

Contributed by: Norway Historical Society Date: 1944-04-30 Location: Norway; San Francisco Media: Ink and pencil on paper

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Item 9190

WWII Patriotic banner, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Norway Historical Society Date: circa 1945 Location: Norway Media: Felt with foil and cloth

Item 9329

World War II ration book,1943

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

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Item 9331

Local National Guard Engineers leaving for WWII, Norway, 1943

Contributed by: Norway Historical Society Date: 1943 Location: Norway Media: Photographic print

Item 9415

Soldiers leaving for WWII, Norway, 1943

Contributed by: Norway Historical Society Date: 1943 Location: Norway Media: Photographic print

Item 9418

National Guardsmen, South Paris, 1943

Contributed by: Norway Historical Society Date: 1943 Location: South Paris Media: Photographic print

Item 9419

Draftees boarding bus, Norway, ca. 1943

Contributed by: Norway Historical Society Date: circa 1943 Location: Norway Media: Photographic print

Item 9425

Military inductees, South Paris, 1943

Contributed by: Norway Historical Society Date: 1943-01-20 Location: South Paris Media: Photographic print

Item 9620

White Memorial Building, Houlton, ca. 1965

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1903 Location: Houlton Media: Pen and ink drawing

Item 10894

German POW painting, Houlton, 1945

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

Item 11123

U.S. Army Airfield Main Gate, Houlton, ca. 1943

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1943 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 11792

General Dwight D. Eisenhower button, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Abel J. Morneault Memorial Library Date: circa 1950 Media: Tin, plastic

Item 13500

World War II Service flag, Fryeburg, ca. 1944

Contributed by: Fryeburg Historical Society Date: circa 1944 Location: Fryeburg Media: Satin

Item 13517

B-17 at Houlton Army Air Base, ca. 1941

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1941 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 13523

SBC 3 Helldiver at Houlton Army Air Base, ca. 1941

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1941 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print