Keywords: government employees
Item 13165
Westbrook Post Office employees, 1905
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1905 Location: Westbrook Media: Photograph, lantern slide
Item 11135
State employees protest, Augusta, 1981
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1981-09-21 Location: Augusta 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
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.
Site Page
Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Twenty Nationalities, But All Americans"
"On a local level, changes in Portland city government and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan were motivated by anti-immigrant sentiments."
Site Page
Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Along the Waterfront
"Along the Waterfront X The Portland Press Herald and the Evening Express ran a regular column on what was going on on Portland's busy working…"
Story
Lloyd LaFountain III family legacy and creating own path
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
Lloyd followed in his family’s footsteps of serving Biddeford and the State of Maine.
Story
Bonita Pothier-the definition of a trailblazer
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center Voices of Biddeford project
Overcoming the challenges of being Biddeford’s first female mayor is but a part of her contributions
