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Historical Items

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Item 25050

Overturned wagon and debris, Ellsworth, 1923

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1923-05-03 Location: Ellsworth Media: Glass Negative

Item 149925

Union Station demolition debris, Portland, 1961

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1961 Location: Portland Media: Polaroid

Item 31076

Kennebec River Flood, lower Water Street, Hallowell, 1896

Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: 1896 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Privy

"… privy was no longer needed and was filled with debris. The materials found in the privy provide some insights into the nature of working class life…"

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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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High Water

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.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 2 of 3

"Strong currents swept debris through the road and around houses. The athletic field was covered with several feet of rushing water."

Site Page

Historic Hallowell - Timeline of Cyclone

"… trapped inside a compartment made by scattered debris that was barely bigger than it's stable! After " A little boy named Virgil White was…"

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Historic Hallowell - Day 8

"… by a tree while he was helping a neighbor clear debris from his yard and was killed. A man who was elderly and was from Vassalboro died when he…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Pandemic ruminations and the death of Rose Cleveland
by Tilly Laskey

Correlations between the 1918 and 2020 Pandemics

Story

My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne

Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima