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Item 11853
Title: Bangor Daily News at the Capitol
Contributed by: Margaret Chase Smith Library
Date: 1962-04-10
Location: Washington; Bangor
Media: black and white photograph
Item 80474
Title: William S. Cohen in Washinton D.C., ca. 1980
Contributed by: Raymond H. Fogler Library
Date: circa 1980
Location: Washington
Media: Photograph
Item 19335
Title: Maine State Capitol, Augusta, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1920
Location: Augusta
Media: Postcard
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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
The Sanitary Commission: Meeting Needs of Soldiers, Families
The Sanitary Commission, formed soon after the Civil War began in the spring of 1861, dealt with the health, relief needs, and morale of soldiers and their families. The Maine Agency helped families and soldiers with everything from furloughs to getting new socks.