Keywords: Officials and employees
Item 10896
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1914-08-25 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print
Item 67574
Election officials, Surry, 1948
Contributed by: Surry Historical Society Date: 1948 Location: Surry Media: Silver print photograph
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
Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine
As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.
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"… at Portland City Hall (Merrill Auditorium), and officially began on July 13, 1925. By 1925, the NFBPWC was an established, yet new organization."
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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
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
