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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 9190

WWII Patriotic banner, ca. 1945

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

Item 21101

WWII Buoy Boat testing, Mt. Desert, ca. 1943

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

Item 9415

Soldiers leaving for WWII, Norway, 1943

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

Item 9331

Local National Guard Engineers leaving for WWII, Norway, 1943

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

Item 9189

Honor Roll, Norway Grange, 1945

Contributed by: Norway Historical Society Date: 1945 Location: Norway Media: Ink on paper

Item 9188

Certificate of recognition, Madeline Tuttle, Norway, 1944

Contributed by: Norway Historical Society Date: 1944-05-14 Location: Norway Media: Ink and foil on paper

Item 9186

Gas ration permit, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Norway Historical Society Date: circa 1945 Location: Norway; Oxford Media: Ink on paper

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 74450

WWII Veteran's Honor Roll, Limestone, ca. 1947

Contributed by: Robert A. Frost Memorial Library Date: circa 1947 Location: Limestone Media: Photographic print

Item 97971

Virginia Jenness Millett Apodaca, Palmyra, 1946

Contributed by: Palmyra Historical Society Date: 1946 Location: Palmyra 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 9184

Stuart W. Goodwin insurance advertisement, 1942

Contributed by: Norway Historical Society Date: 1942 Location: Norway Media: Ink on paper

Item 54842

Cathedral of the Elms, Fairfield, ca. 1945

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: circa 1945 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print

Item 103764

POW stockades with buildings at Camp Houlton Air Base, Houlton, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1945 Location: Houlton 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 100058

Vera Cleaves, Women's Army Corps, West Point, NY, 1943

Contributed by: An individual through Westport Island History Committee Date: 1943 Location: Newburgh; Westport Island Media: Photographic print

Item 9416

Ration book for Helen M. Bailey, Norway, ca. 1943

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

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Item 104323

Poster and letter promoting the sale of War Bonds, 1944

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1944 Media: Lithograph

Item 35290

Butter line during WWII, Biddeford, 1943

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1943 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 105820

WWII era SPARs uniform, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1945 Media: cotton

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 108921

Seaside vista, Houlton, ca. 1945

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

Item 17293

S.S. Lillian Nordica, WWII Liberty Ship, 1944

Contributed by: Nordica Memorial Association Date: 1944 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 16262

Nurses, Eastern Maine General Hospital, ca. 1943

Contributed by: Eastern Maine Medical Center Date: circa 1943 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print