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Keywords: World War Two

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 37384

Front page of World War II Award, Lubec, 1944, 1944

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1944 Location: Lubec Media: Ink on paper

Item 15650

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

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

Item 102551

Ralph Flint's World War I tunic, ca. 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1918 Location: West Baldwin Media: Cotton

Item 67326

'USS Wakefield' under tow, Boston, 1942

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

Item 21081

War support sales, Portland, 1942

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1942 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 20429

World War I service flag, ca. 1918

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: circa 1918 Location: Freeport Media: Linen, cotton

Item 9331

Local National Guard Engineers leaving for WWII, Norway, 1943

Contributed by: Norway Historical Society Date: 1943 Location: Norway 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 102770

Ruth True's afternoon suit, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Portland Media: Wool, silk

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 81263

Symbol of Recognition for John Edward Barry, Portland, 1945

Contributed by: Mexico Historical Society Date: 1945-05-30 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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 17913

WAC mechanic, Dow Field, Bangor, ca. 1944

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

Item 104380

WWI postcard from Clifford Rowe to Lloyd Herrick, Augusta, 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1917 Location: Augusta; Old Town; Eddington Media: Postcard

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 31991

Sgt. Louis Wilbur Trafton, Guilford, 1943

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

Item 13500

World War II Service flag, Fryeburg, ca. 1944

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

Item 102297

William Cobb receives his gas mask, France, 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1917-12-23 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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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 18141

Air Medal Presentation, Dow Field, 1944

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1944-05-20 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

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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Item 17899

WAC Beauty Shop, Bangor, 1945

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

Item 17922

Post Exchange, Dow Field, ca. 1944

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1944 Location: Bangor 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