The Bangor Police Department museum contains hundreds of authentic police items dating back to the 1700s.
Special displays include mannequins dressed in actual uniforms, a scrapbook of news articles going back to the early 1800s, and a mobile one-person jail cell called a "tramp chair."
Selected Bangor Police Museum images:
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Paddy Wagon, Bangor
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F. W. Hill Block, Bangor, ca. 1935
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Exchange Street Ruins with armed guard, Bangor, 1911
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Brady Gang Alias Signature, Bangor, 1937
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Brady Gang telegram about plane, Bangor, October 14, 1937
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Brady Gang shooting, Bangor, 1937
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Clarence Shaffer's Dead Body, Bangor, 1937
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Body of Brady Gang leader, Bangor, 1937
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Body of Clarence Lee Shaffer, Bangor, 1937
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Congratulations for Shep Hurd, Bangor, October 13, 1937
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J. Edgar Hoover to Shep Hurd, Bangor, October 29, 1937
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J. Edgar Hoover to Shep Hurd, Bangor, 1937