Keywords: Jails
Item 33559
Penobscot County Jail, Bangor, ca. 1875
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1875 Location: Bangor Media: Stereograph
Item 26479
Aroostook County Jail, Houlton, 1895
Contributed by: Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library Date: 1895 Location: Houlton; Chicago Media: Photographic print
Item 150274
Somerset County Jail drawings, Skowhegan, 1976
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1976 Location: Skowhegan Client: Somerset County Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell
Item 151159
Cumberland County Courthouse & Jail, Portland, 1970-1987
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1970–1987
Location: Portland
Client: Cumberland County
Architect: Wadsworth, Boston, Dimick, Mercer & Weatherill
This record contains 2 images.
Exhibit
Passing the Time: Artwork by World War II German POWs
In 1944, the US Government established Camp Houlton, a prisoner of war (POW) internment camp for captured German soldiers during World War II. Many of the prisoners worked on local farms planting and harvesting potatoes. Some created artwork and handicrafts they sold or gave to camp guards. Camp Houlton processed and held about 3500 prisoners and operated until May 1946.
Exhibit
Mainers have been held prisoners in conflicts fought on Maine and American soil and in those fought overseas. In addition, enemy prisoners from several wars have been brought to Maine soil for the duration of the war.
Site Page
The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.
Site Page
Island Falls Historical Society
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Story
Stripped Of More Than Clothing
by Dan Adams
Juvenile strip searches while incarcerated.
Story
Make It Great Again
by SC
2020, Acrylic on canvas
