Keywords: Topsham Fire Department
Item 79507
"Chubb" Colby Memorial Fire Helmet, Topsham, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Town of Topsham Date: circa 1900 Location: Topsham Media: Leather
Item 79508
Fire Bucket from the Androscoggin No. 2, Topsham, 1850
Contributed by: Town of Topsham Date: 1850 Location: Topsham Media: Metal, paint
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Workers in Maine have labored in factories, on farms, in the woods, on the water, among other locales. Many of Maine's occupations have been determined by the state's climate and geographical features.
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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.
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History
"The Corporation also subsidized the fire department and police department. Eventually it provided the first street and traffic lights."
