Keywords: Civic
Item 148518
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1970 Location: Portland Media: Paper, cardboard, wood
Item 148519
Cumberland County Civic Center souvenir poster, ca. 1978
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1978 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 109321
Bangor Civic Center, Bangor, 1977
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1977 Location: Bangor Client: Bangor Civic Center Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell
Item 112003
Eastern Civic Center, Portland, 1938
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1938 Location: Portland Client: Portland Public Development Commission Architect: John Calvin Stevens II
Exhibit
Prohibition in Maine in the 1920s
Federal Prohibition took hold of America in 1920 with the passing of the Volstead Act that banned the sale and consumption of all alcohol in the US. However, Maine had the Temperance movement long before anyone was prohibited from taking part in one of America's most popular past times. Starting in 1851, the struggles between the "drys" and the "wets" of Maine lasted for 82 years, a period of time that was everything but dry and rife with nothing but illegal activity.
Exhibit
Before the era of recorded music and radio, nearly every community had a band that played at parades and other civic events. Fire departments had bands, military units had bands, theaters had bands. Band music was everywhere.
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Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 2 of 2
"The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation The committee sent a similar address to the citizens of Maine urging them to support…"
Story
ROCK AND ROLL CONCERTS OF SOUTHERN MAINE
by Ford Reiche
A story about Rock and Roll in Maine, 1955-1977
Story
Supporting the Mercy Hospital mission for 30+ years
by David Small
David Small described his time on the Mercy Hospital Board, The Sisters of Mercy, and expansion.
Lesson Plan
Primary Sources: Maine Women's Causes and Influence before 1920
Grade Level: 6-8
Content Area: Social Studies
This lesson plan will give students the opportunity to read and analyze letters, literature, and other primary documents and articles of material culture from the MHS collections relating to the women of Maine between the end of the Revolutionary War through the national vote for women’s suffrage in 1920. Students will discuss issues including war relief (Civil War and World War I), suffrage, abolition, and temperance, and how the women of Maine mobilized for or in some cases helped to lead these movements.
Lesson Plan
Portland History: Construction, Preservation and Restoration of the Portland Observatory
Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8
Content Area: Science & Engineering, Social Studies
Included here are activities based in economics, mathematics, physics, social studies, civics and language arts. Students can debate the issues surrounding preservation and urban development as well as the changing value of money.
