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Item 10023

Leather fire bucket, Thomaston, 1793

Contributed by: The General Henry Knox Museum Date: 1793 Location: Thomaston; Thomaston Media: Leather

Item 79511

Cyrus Keay's fire bucket, Topsham, ca. 1871

Contributed by: Town of Topsham Date: circa 1871 Location: Topsham Media: Leather

Item 7655

Freeman fire bucket, 1783

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1783 Location: Portland Media: Leather

Online Exhibits

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Maine Sweets: Confections and Confectioners

From chocolate to taffy, Mainers are inventive with our sweet treats. In addition to feeding our sweet tooth, it's also an economic driver for the state.

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Cook house and crew, Maine woods, ca. 1900

Cooks and Cookees: Lumber Camp Legends

Stories and tall tales abound concerning cooks and cookees -- important persons in any lumber camp, large or small.

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Wadsworth-Longfellow House, Congress Street, Portland, ca. 1890

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.

Site Pages

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Maternity, Hallowell Granite Works, ca. 1895

Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve: Hallowell Fireman's Association

"… Serve: Hallowell Fireman's Association From bucket brigades to modern pumpers, the Hallowell Fireman's Association record is a distinguished one."

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Historic Hallowell - Basic Fire Fighting Technology

"Basic Fire Fighting Technology Fire bucket, Union Fire club, Hallowell, 1801Hubbard Free Library The oldest fire dousing technology were…"

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Ingraham's Corner, Winthrop and Water Streets, Hallowell, ca. 1895

Historic Hallowell - Keeping Us Safe: Fire Department and Police Force

"… technology was primitive in those days with only buckets used to put out fires. Later, the fire department added hand tubs to the roster which put…"