Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Nature's Bounty - Raw Material, Close at Hand

"Nature's Bounty - Raw Material, Close at Hand Hains Ledge Quarry, Lithgow Hill, Hallowell, ca."

Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream Jake Allen, Ethan Ballew & Avery Page McClench Machine Shop, Hallowell, 1879Courtesy of Sumner A."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ice Storm Poem

"Hallowell Ice Storm Poem Hallowell Ice Storm Poem By Clio Barr Innocent, raw raindrops were the prelude, landing sneakily on branch and pavement."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm In Hallowell

"Ice Storm In Hallowell Ice Storm In Hallowell by Ashley Boerner and Tiffiny McCollett I don’t like ice storms that much."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Presque Isle’s Historic Fire Station

"… the building continued to serve as the fire and police station until the current facility was built on North Street in 2001."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Old Town Hall and Grant Building

"In the Old City Hall there used to be a police station in the basement of the building. The records of Bath were stored in this building until the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1870 to 1915

"… and today housing the Town Offices, the Town Police Department and a commercial store. The second floor contains a hall and meeting room used for…"

Surry by the Bay - Late Twentieth Century

"For several years in the 1980s, Surry's Volunteer Police Force, complete with cruiser, uniforms and badges, patrolled the town."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"City Hall had a courtroom, a marshal's office, a judge's office, and a police matron's office. The City Hall is still used for meetings and official…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 1 of 2

"… by their response, Shep contacted the Maine State Police and it was the State Police who called in the FBI."

Presque Isle Historical Society

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2

"He was imprisoned in Augusta, where New York police subsequently discovered that Kirby was the missing murderer of Lillian White of Brooklyn, NY."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"Police first came to the island on a temporary basis, with a deputy sheriff in the summer and a constable for the rest of the year."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block

"William Lawrence was the only police officer in the City of Bath to ever be shot and killed on duty."

Lincoln, Maine - Masonic Hall

"… the Masonic Lodge, reception rooms, army and police offices located on the top floor. Public dining rooms and kitchens were in the basement."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrap & Sketch Book 2: 1864-1866

"… Charles Lowell Antiquarian Society lecture, 1849 Police Court report, newspaper clippings   Part 3, pages 38-56 Daniel Chaplin tribute…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"One of them was Officer Merrill of the Bath Police Department. He was the first to recognize the tragic fire in 1895, from the outside of the theatre…"

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"Police and the National Guard were on hand in case of troubles. In May 19, 1938, the First Air Mail arrived at the Hudson farm field."

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"… a used boxcar was once used as a jail when the police were in dire need. The railroad was important to Lincoln's history because it connected the…"

Rumford Area Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"… treasurer, tax collector, budget committee, a police force, fire department, highway department, water district, sewer district, highway…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"Local police offers guarded Lindbergh's plane, "Spirit of St. Louis", in which he made his historic flight across the Atlantic Ocean only two months…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… employed a stable of security guards, as well as police officers Fred Flynn and Harry Edgecomb, available to escort any riffraff from the park as…"

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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