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Historical Items

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Item 98800

PASS Alarm, Waldoboro, ca. 1980

Contributed by: Waldoboro Fire Department Date: circa 1980 Location: Waldoboro Media: Plastic, Electronics

Item 15282

Bar Harbor Fire Department Bell

Contributed by: Bar Harbor Fire Department Date: circa 1880 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Metal

Item 15285

Bar Harbor Fire Department Fire Locator

Contributed by: Bar Harbor Fire Department Date: circa 1880 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Wood, glass, metal

Tax Records

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Item 76249

32-34 South Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: William J. O'Neil Use: Dwelling - Single Family & Store

Online Exhibits

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Most Inconvenient Storm

A Portland newspaper wrote about an ice storm of January 28, 1886 saying, "The city of Portland was visited yesterday by the most inconvenient storm of the season."

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Home: The Longfellow House & the Emergence of Portland

The Wadsworth-Longfellow house is the oldest building on the Portland peninsula, the first historic site in Maine, a National Historic Landmark, home to three generations of Wadsworth and Longfellow family members -- including the boyhood home of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The history of the house and its inhabitants provide a unique view of the growth and changes of Portland -- as well as of the immediate surroundings of the home.

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Portland Hotels

Since the establishment of the area's first licensed hotel in 1681, Portland has had a dramatic, grand and boisterous hotel tradition. The Portland hotel industry has in many ways reflected the growth and development of the city itself. As Portland grew with greater numbers of people moving through the city or calling it home, the hotel business expanded to fit the increasing demand.

Site Pages

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Hose 5 Fire Museum

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

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Historic Hallowell - Police and Fire Citations

"member federal reserve system. Hallowell Fire Alarm     boxes. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Devlin, Douglas W. Police: The official Police Method Of Arrest and…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"The town’s fire alarm brought the firemen, their teams of horses to haul the equipment, and the hoses from both Rumford and the adjoining town of…"

My Maine Stories

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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