Keywords: Municipal government
Item 23103
James Foss Davis, Ellsworth, ca. 1875
Contributed by: Ellsworth Public Library Date: circa 1875 Location: Ellsworth Media: Photographic print
Item 76340
Town Meeting Warrant, Baldwin, 1802
Contributed by: Baldwin Historical Society Date: 1802-08-14 Location: Baldwin Media: Ink on paper
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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.
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Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs
The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.
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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor During the 1940s
By 1942, what was once Bangor Municipal Airport became Dow Air Force Base through which thousands of soldiers passed.
