Keywords: Protective Equipment
Item 111227
Overshoes with straps, Portland, ca. 1845
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1845 Location: Portland Media: leather, rubber
Item 104418
Fire department equipment and storage unit, Troy, ca. 1942
Courtesy of Neil Piper, an individual partner Date: circa 1942 Location: Troy Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
The Schooner Bowdoin: Ninety Years of Seagoing History
After traveling to the Arctic with Robert E. Peary, Donald B. MacMillan (1874-1970), an explorer, researcher, and lecturer, helped design his own vessel for Arctic exploration, the schooner <em>Bowdoin,</em> which he named after his alma mater. The schooner remains on the seas.
Exhibit
Waldoboro Fire Department's 175 Years
While the town of Waldoboro was chartered in 1773, it began organized fire protection in 1838 with a volunteer fire department and a hand pump fire engine, the Water Witch.
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Lobstering
"… lobster size limits, licensing of fisherman, and protection of seed lobsters have been some of the measures Maine has taken to preserve the lobster."
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4
"Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering Protection of clams in the Town of Scarborough, 1853Scarborough Historical Society & Museum By 1880…"
Story
I have thought about Vietnam almost every day for 48 years
by Ted Heselton
Working as a heavy equipment operator in Vietnam
Story
My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne
Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima
