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Item 23404

Maine Civil Defense in Pictures, 1955

Contributed by: National Archives at Boston Date: 1955 Media: Photographic print

Item 148459

Guy P. Gannett posing with five female volunteers, ca. 1943

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1943 Media: Photographic print

Item 148456

Guy P. Gannett posing with members of the Civil Air Patrol, ca. 1943

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1943 Media: Photographic print

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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.

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Nursing students, Eastern Maine General Hospital, ca. 1898

One Hundred Years of Caring -- EMMC

In 1892 five physicians -- William H. Simmons, William C. Mason, Walter H. Hunt, Everett T. Nealey, and William E. Baxter -- realized the need for a hospital in the city of Bangor had become urgent and they set about providing one.

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Fight or buy bonds, World War I poster, 1917

World War I and the Maine Experience

With a long history of patriotism and service, Maine experienced the war in a truly distinct way. Its individual experiences tell the story of not only what it means to be an American, but what it means to be from Maine during the war to end all wars.