Maine Memory Network

Bangor Police Officer, Union Railroad Station, 1942

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1942 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Arthur Butts with State Police, Upper Gloucester, 1936

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1936-10-21 Location: Upper Gloucester Media: Glass Negative

Assessor's Record, 134-136 Federal Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: City of Portland Use: Police Station

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.

Home: The Longfellow House & the Emergence of Portland

The Wadsworth-Longfellow house is the oldest building on the Portland peninsula, the first historic site in Maine, a National Historic Landmark, home to three generations of Wadsworth and Longfellow family members -- including the boyhood home of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The history of the house and its inhabitants provide a unique view of the growth and changes of Portland -- as well as of the immediate surroundings of the home.

Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police

"Fire Station, Second Street, Hallowell, May 30, 1918Hubbard Free Library Fire Department In the early years of settlement fireplaces were the common…"

Historic Hallowell - Post Office and Fire Station

"The police are the only ones that can postpone the delivery of mail, otherwise mail must be delivered."

Black Lives Matter Protest Portland, Maine
by Joanne Arnold

Documenting the signage at Portland Police Station following the BLM Protests of June 2020

My service in Afghanistan with the Marines and my life today
by Nicholas Krier

My service in Afghanistan with the Marines