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Lincoln, Maine

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Weatherbee Hardware Store window display, Lincoln, ca. 1943

Contributed by Lincoln Historical Society
MMN Item 34575 Item Details
Weatherbee Hardware Store window display, Lincoln, ca. 1943
MMN Item 34575 Zoom

Description

This display shows pictures of World War II soldiers, medals and other memorabilia pertaining to World War II soldiers from the Lincoln area. This was in the front window of Weatherbee's Hardware Store on Main Street during the war.

The back of the photo mentions some of the soldiers featured in the display. The names and descriptions include:
"Helen Jordan (Clay)'s three boys"
"Fran & Edward on left-hand standards"
"Willburn Haskell in (illegible)"
"Mary Burke (nurse & [illegible] in Africa) on right standard. Billy Burke's girl."
"Jerome at bottom"
"Clifford Stevens- left"
"Laurence Burke on right"
"Stewart Moody at bottom"
"The aviator is some Beatham"
"Archer boy & (illegible) at right of Uncle Sam"

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