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Item 101441

Order to stop selling insurance, Bangor, 1872

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Date: 1872-11-12 Location: Bangor; Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 28910

Pepperell Manufacturing fire insurance map, 1929

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1929-10-10 Location: Biddeford Media: Ink on paper

Item 103227

The Lafayette Hotel fire, Houlton, 1911

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1911-02-15 Location: Houlton Media: Photograph

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 151554

Williston Church alterations, Portland, 1904-1946

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1904–1946 Location: Portland Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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Instructors building, Little Chebeague Island, 1947

Navy Firefighting School, Little Chebeague Island

Little Chebeague Island in Casco Bay was home to recreational facilities and a firefighting school for WWII sailors. The school was part of a Navy effort to have non-firefighting personnel knowledgeable in dealing with shipboard fires.

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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.

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.

Site Pages

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Harness racing at the Bass Park, Bangor, ca. 1915

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"… replaced with the modern 65-million-dollar Cross Insurance Center that is now home to all of the kinds of events that have always been a part of…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"… (Smallidge) Knowles opened a law, real estate and insurance office at the head of Main Street in what had formerly been a boarding house."

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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"In 1948, an insurance program was arranged for the people that worked for the fire department. A year later, more people joined the fire department."