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Description
Santa and crew wait for the crane stuck in the mud to be freed. The crane was used to support the tree while it was being cut to minimize damage to the tree.
The white spruce tree represented the State of Maine as the National Community Christmas tree in the Christmas Tree Pageant of Peace in Washington, D.C.
About This Item
- Title: Santa and crew ready to cut tree, Presque Isle, 1953
- Creator: Presque Isle Area Chamber of Commerce
- Creation Date: 1959
- Subject Date: 1959
- Location: Presque Isle, Aroostook County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 8 cm x 13 cm
- Local Code: PI21226
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Tree felling--Maine--Presque Isle
- Christmas trees--Maine--Presque Isle
- Christmas trees--Washington, D.C.
- Christmas decorations
- Gifts
- White spruce
- Woodcutting
- Scaffolding
- Construction equipment
- Community service--Maine--Presque Isle
- Cranes, derricks, etc.--Maine--Presque Isle
- Maine Public Service Company
- Employees
- Santa Claus
- Mud--Maine--Presque Isle
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Presque Isle Historical SocietyPO Box 285, Presque Isle, ME 04769
(207) 762-1151
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