Keywords: Security Guards
Item 79619
Detex Watchclock and Station, 1927
Contributed by: Maine's Paper & Heritage Museum Date: 1927 Media: Metal
Item 148341
Police Officer guarding millions in bank transfer, Portland, 1925
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1925-02-08 Location: Portland Media: Glass negative
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
Prohibition in Maine in the 1920s
Federal Prohibition took hold of America in 1920 with the passing of the Volstead Act that banned the sale and consumption of all alcohol in the US. However, Maine had the Temperance movement long before anyone was prohibited from taking part in one of America's most popular past times. Starting in 1851, the struggles between the "drys" and the "wets" of Maine lasted for 82 years, a period of time that was everything but dry and rife with nothing but illegal activity.
Site Page
Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head
"… Navigation remain under jurisdiction of the Coast Guard, now part of the Department of Homeland Security."
Site Page
Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911
"Andrews Band, Frontier National Guards, Capt. Bradish were followed by the Knights of Columbus float and P. Gillis Council K. of C."
Story
I have thought about Vietnam almost every day for 48 years
by Ted Heselton
Working as a heavy equipment operator in Vietnam
Story
A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin
As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down
