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LC Subject Heading: War

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 104352

"I need your skill!," World War II poster, 1943

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

Item 11582

Spanish officers departing, Kittery Navy Yard, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Kittery; Portsmouth; Kittery; Portsmouth Media: Photographic print

Item 21081

War support sales, Portland, 1942

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

Item 28938

New Brunswick border dispute proclamation, 1839

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1839-02-13 Location: Fredericton Media: Ink on paper

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Item 5537

Neal Dow, Portland, 1874

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1874 Media: Photographic print

Item 102601

Lee, Higginson & Company Belgian investment letter, 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1920-01-14 Location: Portland; Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 23133

Spanish American War Scene, 1898

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1898 Media: Photographic print

Item 23135

Spanish American War Scene, 1898

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1898 Media: Photographic print

Item 74876

Blackout lamp, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Media: Glass, tungsten, brass

Item 102310

Herbert Cobb commissioned as a WWI officer, France, 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1918-02-08 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102351

Joseph L. Murray with friends, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1915 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 21070

War Stamp display, Portland, 1942

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

Item 104350

"Deliver us from evil: buy war bonds," World War II poster, 1943

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

Item 15795

Louise Surrette, Union Railroad Station, Bangor, 1943

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1943 Location: Bangor 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

Item 21080

War Stamps 'protester,' Portland, 1942

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

Item 73088

Bone ring, ca. 1861

Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: circa 1861 Media: Bone, paint

Item 73418

Bone ring, ca. 1861

Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: 1861–1865 Media: Bone, pigment

Item 73421

Bone ring, ca. 1861

Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: 1861–1865 Media: Bone, paint

Item 73967

Request to prohibit whipping of prisoners, New Orleans, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: New Orleans Media: Ink on paper

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Item 84290

Views of Andersonville Prison, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Location: Andersonville Media: Lithograph

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Item 102497

Donation certificate for starving European children, Portland, 1921

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1921-02-01 Location: Portland; New York Media: Ink on paper

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Item 14068

Johnny Surette, Mexico, ca. 1942

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1942 Location: Mexico Media: Photographic print