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Historical Items

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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

Item 9144

Penobscot Avenue Fire Station, Millinocket, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Millinocket Fire Department Date: circa 1915 Location: Millinocket Media: Photograph on mounting board

Online Exhibits

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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.

Exhibit

Strike Up the Band

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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Laboring in Maine

Workers in Maine have labored in factories, on farms, in the woods, on the water, among other locales. Many of Maine's occupations have been determined by the state's climate and geographical features.

Site Pages

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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…"

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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…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"… in the 1930s, farmers would keep a horse and wagon as backup. Aviation fever came to Scarborough in 1926 when Chester Jordan and Phillips Payson…"

My Maine Stories

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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