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Historical Items

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Item 17210

Bar Harbor Fire Station, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Bar Harbor Fire Department Date: circa 1910 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Photographic print

Item 17203

Bar Harbor Fire Department, ca. 1975

Contributed by: Bar Harbor Fire Department Date: circa 1975 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Photographic print

Item 17458

Bar Harbor Fire Department, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Bar Harbor Fire Department Date: circa 1935 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Looking Out: Maine's Fire Towers

Maine, the most heavily forested state in the nation, had the first continuously operational fire lookout tower, beginning a system of fire prevention that lasted much of the twentieth century.

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Designing Acadia

For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.

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Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs

The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.

Site Pages

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Bar Harbor Fire Department

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"However, the village has been far from immune to the impact of major fires. In December 1966, a fire erupted at Wallace’s Garage on the corner of…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"Bucksport and Bangor Bar Harbor train leaving Bangor, ca. 1900Bangor Public Library This was a short line chartered March 1, 1870 to run 18.8…"

My Maine Stories

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My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne

Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima

Story

John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne

Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.

Story

A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin

As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down