Keywords: equipments
Item 98785
Red Comet fire extinguisher grenade with wall mount holder, Waldoboro, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Waldoboro Fire Department Date: circa 1900 Location: Waldoboro Media: Glass, metal, chemicals
Item 18507
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad track maintenance equipment, ca. 1990
Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: circa 1990 Media: Photographic print
Item 50768
29-33 Exchange Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Wm W. Thomas Jr. Trustee Use: Store & Office
Exhibit
The Schooner Bowdoin: Ninety Years of Seagoing History
After traveling to the Arctic with Robert E. Peary, Donald B. MacMillan (1874-1970), an explorer, researcher, and lecturer, helped design his own vessel for Arctic exploration, the schooner <em>Bowdoin,</em> which he named after his alma mater. The schooner remains on the seas.
Exhibit
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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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Welcome to Swan's Island!
"… shell middens to the rusted remains of quarrying equipment, Swan's Island holds a living history of the industries that have sustained its…"
Story
I have thought about Vietnam almost every day for 48 years
by Ted Heselton
Working as a heavy equipment operator in Vietnam
Story
John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne
Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.
Lesson Plan
World War I and the U.S. Home Front
Grade Level: 9-12
Content Area: Social Studies
Learn about World War I using primary sources from Maine Memory Network and the Library of Congress.
