Keywords: warning
Item 1143
Deadly poison warning, Portland, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 66022
"Warning," interior trolley car notice, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: circa 1920 Location: Portland Media: ink on paper
Item 36762
20 Chenery Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Ethel Jane Warne Use: Dwelling - Single family
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
Britain was especially interested in occupying Maine during the Colonial era to take advantage of the timber resources. The tall, straight, old growth white pines were perfect for ships' masts to help supply the growing Royal Navy.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Blizzard Poems
"… inches of white unforgettable Surprise disaster warning last minute necessities struggling people Roads plow’s success died down difficult…"
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - The City of Hallowell
"The police were also warning people about the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning and house fires with the use of candles, propane, and kerosene…"
Story
Classroom Time Capsule
by Anna Bennett
On March 12, 2020, I left my classroom not knowing I wouldn't return again for months.
Story
USCG Boot Camp Experience, Vietnam War era
by Peter S. Morgan, Jr.
"Letters to the Wall" Memorial Day
Lesson Plan
Longfellow Studies: Integration of Longfellow's Poetry into American Studies
Grade Level: 9-12
Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
We explored Longfellow's ability to express universality of human emotions/experiences while also looking at the patterns he articulated in history that are applicable well beyond his era. We attempted to link a number of Longfellow's poems with different eras in U.S. History and accompanying literature, so that the poems complemented the various units. With each poem, we want to explore the question: What is American identity?
