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Civilian Conservation Corp camp bunk house, ca. 1937

Where is this Civilian Conservation Corp camp bunk house?

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1937 Media: Photographic print

Counselors in training, Camp Lown, 1958

Courtesy of Robin Spero Rubinstien, an individual partner Date: 1958 Location: Oakland Media: Photographic print

959-963 Congress Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Portland Terminal Co. Use: Bunk House

Great Northern Paper Company sleeping camp, 1913

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1913 Client: Great Northern Paper Company Architect: Great Northern Paper Company

Lumbermen's Quarters for Henry Disston & Sons, Inc., Brownville, 1951

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1951 Location: Brownville Client: Henry Disston & Sons Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell
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George F. Shepley: Lawyer, Soldier, Administrator

George F. Shepley of Portland had achieved renown as a lawyer and as U.S. Attorney for Maine when, at age 42 he formed the 12th Maine Infantry and went off to war. Shepley became military governor of Louisiana early in 1862 and remained in the military for the duration of the war.

Summer Camps

Maine is home to dozens of summer-long youth camps and untold numbers of day camps that take advantage of water, woods, and fresh air. While the children, counselors, and other staff come to Maine in the summer, the camps live on throughout the year and throughout the lives of many of the campers.

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 3 of 6

"… moved out of their bedrooms for the summer to bunk in with aunts and uncles while the parents hosted guests in their homes."

Historic Hallowell - Sweat on the Kennebec ~ Hallowell Steam and Boom Company

"Unmarked logs were free for the taking. Bunk houses with adjoining cook and mess shacks were erected on rafts and anchored on the Chelsea side of the…"

My Story of Trauma
by Anonymous (Maine Correction Center)

The process of being incarcerated is traumatic. This is my story.

The only letter to survive World War II
by Cyrene Slegona

Only one of many letters my father sent to his wife remained after he came home from World War II.