Keywords: Municipal officials and employees
Item 67574
Election officials, Surry, 1948
Contributed by: Surry Historical Society Date: 1948 Location: Surry Media: Silver print photograph
Item 26168
Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: 1939-07-05 Location: Saco 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.
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"This period of prosperity also led to the expansion and eventual consolidation of the Lubec school system."
