Keywords: Capitol
Item 11853
Bangor Daily News at the Capitol, 1962
Contributed by: Margaret Chase Smith Library Date: 1962-04-10 Location: Washington; Bangor Media: Photographic print
Item 11879
State Capitol, Augusta, ca. 1927
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1927-09-27 Location: Augusta Media: Postcard
Item 63341
230 Middle Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: The Capitol Lunch Co. Use: Lunch Room & Tailor Shop
Item 151337
Proposed State Capitol Building, Portland, 1889
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1889 Location: Portland Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens and Albert Winslow Cobb Architects
Item 150864
Maine Sate Capitol Preliminary Plan, Augusta, 1931
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1931 Location: Augusta Client: State of Maine Architect: Olmsted Brothers
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.
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Captain Samuel Watts House
"With their extra capitol, they were able to invest in railroads in the developing western territories, which increased their net worth to the extent…"
Site Page
Maine Historic Preservation Commission
View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.
Story
Being an NP during social unrest
by Jacqueline P. Fournier
A snapshot of Mainers in a medical crisis of the time/Human experience in Maine.
Story
USCG Boot Camp Experience, Vietnam War era
by Peter S. Morgan, Jr.
"Letters to the Wall" Memorial Day
