Keywords: Drive-in
Item 18845
Contributed by: Trenton Cemetery & Keeping Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Trenton Media: Photographic print
Item 28912
Drive-in Civil Defense sign, Brunswick, ca. 1957
Contributed by: An individual through Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1957 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print
Item 109300
Dorsey Housing, Old Town, ca. 1977
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1977 Location: Old Town Client: Dorsey Housing Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell
Item 109939
Plan of land owned by Frederick L. Olmsted, Deer Isle, 1944
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1944 Location: Deer Isle Client: unknown Architect: M. F. Sherman
Exhibit
Civil Defense: Fear and Safety
In the 1950s and the 1960s, Maine's Civil Defense effort focused on preparedness for hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters and a more global concern, nuclear war. Civil Defense materials urged awareness, along with measures like storing food and other staple items and preparing underground or other shelters.
Exhibit
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.
Site Page
Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive
"… used for research include: Salt II River Driving In Maine , Tall Trees Tough Men by R. Pike, From Stump to Ship (video), The Upper Kennebec Valley…"
Site Page
Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5
"… to the wood industry sporting many a “log drive” in its heyday. Soon Mr. Graves built a tannery, called by the villagers the “bark mill.” It…"
Story
Isolation!
by Leslie
Having only moved to Maine alone 8 months prior, had to freeze my life
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
