Keywords: Freshets
Item 25048
Union River, Ellsworth, May 3, 1923
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1923-05-03 Location: Ellsworth; Ellsworth Falls Media: Glass Negative
Item 25051
Union River flood, Ellsworth, 1923
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1923-05-03 Location: Ellsworth Media: Glass Negative
Exhibit
Melting snow, ice, warmer temperatures, and rain sometimes bring floods to Maine's many rivers and streams. Floods are most frequent in the spring, but can occur at any season.
Exhibit
Sagadahoc County through the Eastern Eye
The Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast, Maine. employed photographers who traveled by company vehicle through New England each summer, taking pictures of towns and cities, vacation spots and tourist attractions, working waterfronts and local industries, and other subjects postcard recipients might enjoy. The cards were printed by the millions in Belfast into the 1940s.
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 195-277
"… current events and other topics, the destructive freshet of 1846, a trip to Ellsworth with his mother, business failures, property transactions…"
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Market Hall, Bangor, 1846
"… on part of the foundation -- and lasted until the Freshet of March 1846. Martin drew the illustration of the three buildings and the shops they…"
