Keywords: fire wagon
Item 9407
Bird Macey and fire horses, Presque Isle, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Presque Isle Fire Department Date: circa 1920 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photoprint
Item 76562
Hose Wagon, Androscoggin Fire Company, Topsham, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Town of Topsham Date: circa 1895 Location: Topsham Media: Photographic print
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
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.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Volunteer Firefighters and their Fire Clothes
"Fire Department Ladder Wagon, Second Street, Hallowell, 1913Hubbard Free Library Volunteer firefighters are always on call whereas career firemen or…"
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4
"Farmers would keep a horse and wagon for backup in case roads were impassable for an automobile. Auto racing began soon after the construction of the…"
Story
A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin
As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down