Maine Memory Network

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."

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

"At that time, ownership of the historic fire station was transferred to Presque Isle Historical Society for $1."

Hose 5 Fire Museum

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Bar Harbor Fire Department

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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…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Christmas decorations, Presque Isle, ca. 1950

"… in the early 1950s with both the Presque Isle Police and Fire stations decorated. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory…"

North Yarmouth Historical Society

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Fire Department Technology

"Hallowell Fire Department Technology Fire Station, Second Street, Hallowell, May 30, 1918Hubbard Free Library Jade Gragg, Owen MacDonald…"

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."

Historic Hallowell - Volunteer Firefighters and their Fire Clothes

"… or women are on call, but they are at the the station for twenty-four or forty-eight hours and then are off call for twenty-four or forty-eight…"

Historic Hallowell - The Stevens Training Center Serenaders

"… ventured into the studios of Augusta radio station WRDO. There they recorded six songs for a record album entitled Stars Over Stevens."

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…"

Historic Hallowell - The Tiger and the Lion

"… the Lion Tiger Pumper, Second Street Fire Station, Hallowell, ca. 1900Hubbard Free Library Hallowell’s second fire engine was called the…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"And also there was one radio station that was broadcasting. And we had a radio with batteries. And so every night we would all sit around and listen…"

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…"

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."

Presque Isle Historical Society

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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…"

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"… transported mail in and out of town, and the station doubled as a telegraph station.   George King Interview on Railroads The train was used to…"

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."

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."

Rumford Area Historical Society

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Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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