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Item 100066

Vintage Tripp teardrop emergency light, Waldoboro, ca. 1960

Contributed by: Waldoboro Fire Department Date: circa 1960 Location: Waldoboro Media: Plastic, metal

Item 34351

Ice Storm, Emergency workers, Hallowell, 1998

Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: 1998 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print

Item 105856

Encouraging message on marquee of State Theater, Portland, 2020

Courtesy of an individual partner Date: 2020-03-16 Location: Portland Media: Digital image

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 111882

Churchill House on State St., Portland, 1928-1934

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1928–1934 Location: Portland Client: Major Gist. Blair Architect: Binford & Wadsworth

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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.

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.

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The Nativist Klan

In Maine, like many other states, a newly formed Ku Klux Klan organization began recruiting members in the years just before the United States entered World War I. A message of patriotism and cautions about immigrants and non-Protestants drew many thousands of members into the secret organization in the early 1920s. By the end of the decade, the group was largely gone from Maine.

Site Pages

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Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 2

"… a cost standpoint, circular sawed lumber made possible the large barns required by the emerging dairy industry in the post-Civil War period."

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Fire Department Ladder Wagon, Second Street, Hallowell, 1913

Historic Hallowell - Volunteer Firefighters and their Fire Clothes

"There are two numbers to call if there is a emergency: 911 or 112. When receiving a call, the dispatcher pushes a button as a tone comes on their…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Presque Isle Outdoor Pool

"… outdoor pool began in 1935 with funding from the Emergency Relief Administration. In 1941, the E. Milton Grant Community Pool and Playground was…"