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Keywords: World War 2

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 7271

World War 1 envelope with censor stamp, 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1918-06-06 Location: Canaan Media: Ink on paper

Item 67326

'USS Wakefield' under tow, Boston, 1942

Contributed by: National Archives at Boston Date: 1942 Location: Boston Media: Photographic print

Item 5779

Shell casing manufacture, Portland Company, Portland, ca. 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1917 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 102311

Herbert and Sumner Cobb, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Media: Photographic print

Item 102323

William Cobb's ticket home from France, ca. 1919

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1919 Media: Print on paper

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Item 102320

World War I era camps, Laredo, Texas, 1916

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1916 Location: Laredo Media: Photographic print

Item 4165

Soldier welcome, Portland, ca. 1945

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

Item 102352

World War I veterans reunited, France, ca. 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1927 Media: Photographic print

Item 67325

'USS Braine,' Boston Navy Yard, 1945

Contributed by: National Archives at Boston Date: 1945 Location: Boston Media: Photographic print

Item 7013

Letter from F. Hubbard to Elizabeth Bascome Jewett, 1916

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1916-04-02 Location: London Media: Ink on paper

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Item 101522

Private Elmer Greenleaf and Forest Lewis, Fort Devens, ca. 1918

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: circa 1918 Location: Westport Island; Ayer Media: Photographic print

Item 102321

U.S. Army band, Laredo, Texas, 1916

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1916 Location: Laredo Media: Photographic print

Item 102326

Certificate of honorable death for Herbert Cobb issued at Washington D.C., 1919

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1918-10-14 Location: Washington Media: Print on paper

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Item 67324

Navy firefighting school, Newport, R.I., ca. 1943

Contributed by: National Archives at Boston Date: circa 1943 Location: Newport Media: Photographic print

Item 98861

Roll of Honor, Fanfare Ste Cécile, 1941-1945, Lewiston, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: circa 1945 Location: Lewiston Media: Ink on paper, photographs

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Item 21628

South Portland Engine 2, 1948

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1948-12-01 Location: South Portland; South Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 102298

William Cobb writes home about his brother's death, Laigne, France, 1919

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1919-02-19 Location: Laigne; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 31991

Sgt. Louis Wilbur Trafton, Guilford, 1943

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

Item 74598

World War Memorial, Kittery, 1924

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1924-11-11 Location: Kittery Media: Glass Negative

Item 102350

Joseph Murray and friends on deck of the R.M.S. Scythia, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1927 Location: Portland; Boston; Le Havre Media: Photographic print

Item 7071

Letter to Guy Goodrich, 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1918-06-06 Location: Canaan Media: Ink on paper

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Item 103726

Plane pulled across Canadian border in Houlton, 1940

Courtesy of Henry Gartley, an individual partner Date: 1940-06-02 Location: Houlton Media: Photograph

Item 102324

Sumner Cobb appointment to Corporal, University of Maine, Orono, 1914

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1914-10-27 Location: Orono Media: Print on paper

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Item 102299

Sumner Cobb writes from Camp Taylor, Louisville, Kentucky, 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1918-10-11 Location: Louisville; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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