Keywords: Great Flood
Item 20496
Water pouring over bridge, Brunswick, 1936 flood
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1936 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print
Item 20498
Pejepscot Paper Mill during the 1936 flood
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1936 Location: Topsham Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Photojournalism & the 1936 Flood
Photojournalism & the 1936 Flood examines the monumental destruction caused by the historic flood of 1936 through the comprehensive and innovative photojournalism done by the Guy Gannett Publishing Company in the weeks surrounding the flood.
Exhibit
In 1921, Guy Gannett purchased two competing Portland newspapers, merging them under the Portland Press Herald title. He followed in 1925 with the purchase the Portland Evening Express, which allowed him to combine two passions: photography and aviation.
Site Page
Life on a Tidal River - The Great Bangor Floods: 1902 and 1976
"The dark, raging flood swept through downtown Bangor. Along with all floods come damage. Two hundred to three hundred thousand dollars were spent…"
Site Page
Surry by the Bay - History of Surry
"… the Battle of Quebec, which opened this area to a flood of English settlers. The Massachusetts General Court, anxious to see the "eastern lands"…"
Story
Norcross Deer Hunting
by Albert Fowler
How hunting has impacted my life
