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Historical Items

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Item 149588

"Out of Work" sheet music cover, Bath, 1877

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1877 Location: Bath Media: Ink on paper

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Item 94904

Portland Water District Douglass Street Meter Shop, Portland, 1933

Contributed by: Portland Water District Date: 1933 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 94905

Portland Water District Douglass Street Meter Shop 1933

Contributed by: Portland Water District Date: 1933 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Capturing Arts and Artists in the 1930s

Emmie Bailey Whitney of the Lewiston Journal Saturday Magazine and her husband, noted amateur photographer G. Herbert Whitney, captured in words and photographs the richness of Maine's arts scene during the Great Depression.

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The Establishment of the Troy Town Forest

Seavey Piper, a selectman, farmer, landowner, and leader of the Town of Troy in the 1920s through the early 1950s helped establish a town forest on abandoned farm land in Troy. The exhibit details his work over ten years.

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Putting Men to Work, Saving Trees

While many Mainers were averse to accepting federal relief money during the Great Depression of the 1930s, young men eagerly joined the Civilian Conservation Corps, one of President Franklin Roosevelt's most popular programs. The Maine Forest Service supervised the work of many of the camps.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1850 to 1870

"… huge service to his town by offering jobs for the unemployed. The Knox and Lincoln Railroad came through Thomaston in 1871 and purchased land…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"… less fortunate people through times of sickness, unemployment, or death. To visit their website, click the link below."

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Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… clapboards of once flooded homes, and dozens of unemployed, the town held a 175th birthday celebration anyway."

My Maine Stories

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Story

Isolation!
by Leslie

Having only moved to Maine alone 8 months prior, had to freeze my life

Story

2020 Sheltering in Place Random Notes During COVID-19
by Phyllis Merriam, LCSW

Sheltering-in-Place personal experiences in mid-coast Maine (Rockland) during March and April 2020