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Historical Items

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Item 19038

Forest Service watchmen, Cooper Hill, Cooper, ca. 1919

Contributed by: Maine Forest Service Date: circa 1919 Location: Cooper Media: Photographic print

Item 19061

Forest Service watchwoman, 1920

Contributed by: Maine Forest Service Date: 1920 Media: Photographic print

Item 101906

Champlain Society Report of the the Meteorological Department, Mount Desert Island, 1880-1881

Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: 1880–1881 Location: Mount Desert Island Media: Ink on paper, unbound

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Online Exhibits

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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.

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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.

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A Field Guide to Trolley Cars

Many different types of trolley cars -- for different weather, different uses, and different locations -- were in use in Maine between 1895-1940. The "field guide" explains what each type looked like and how it was used.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods Citations

"“National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office.” 16 July 2006. http://www.srh.noaa.gov/sjt/?n=events-1936flood (accessed Mar. 4, 2010)."

Site Page

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Icons & Influencers

"MHS received an Institute of Library and Museum Services (IMLS) grant in 2015 to digitize the full collection, which is now available online."

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Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4

"… clumsy chap to be and in fact I am all right. The weather is mild and pleasant, although we have had it bad enough for the past week We are very…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Learning to fly and instructing cadets at West Point during WWII
by Vera Cleaves

West Point during World War II

Story

Anti-immigrant violence
by Matthew Jude Barker

Prejudice in Maine against immigrants dates back to at least the mid-1700s

Story

Langdon Burton and the Cold, Wet Tourists
by Phil Tedrick

A father and son have their vacation experience totally changed by an encounter with a fisherman