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Historical Items

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Item 33656

Dr. Philip Haigis, Scarborough, ca. 1960

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1960 Location: Scarborough Media: Slide, transparency

Item 19040

Forest Service crew, Bald Mountain

Contributed by: Maine Forest Service Date: circa 1920 Media: Photographic print

Item 19041

Bald Mountain Forest Service work, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Maine Forest Service Date: circa 1920 Location: Baring Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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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

Waldoboro Fire Department's 175 Years

While the town of Waldoboro was chartered in 1773, it began organized fire protection in 1838 with a volunteer fire department and a hand pump fire engine, the Water Witch.

Exhibit

Sagadahoc County through the Eastern Eye

The Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast, Maine. employed photographers who traveled by company vehicle through New England each summer, taking pictures of towns and cities, vacation spots and tourist attractions, working waterfronts and local industries, and other subjects postcard recipients might enjoy. The cards were printed by the millions in Belfast into the 1940s.

Site Pages

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Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"Local rescue teams were trained to handle injuries that might occur from an invasion or bombing A look out station, with the code name Esther 74, was…"