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Life on a Tidal River - The Great Bangor Floods: 1902 and 1976

"Photo courtesy of the Bangor Daily News X 1976 February 2, 1976 was a warm and rainy day. Howling winds topping 80 miles an hour and rising tides…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Works Cited

"Ellsworth, Maine: The Ellsworth American, 1976. Hansord-Miller, Frank. John Hampden : An Illustrated life of John Hampden 1594-1643."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 10 of 13

"… IT'S NOT ALL WORK Break Time Image is from USDA 1976 Yearbook of Agroculture THE FACE OF RURAL AMERICA X Frequently, the digger lags would…"

Life on a Tidal River - Flood Exhibit Work

"… to find information on the floods of 1902 and 1976 and ultimately writing the text for this exhibit."

Waterford Historical Society

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Architecture & Landscape database - Biographies

"… Preservation Commission's (MHPC) director, 1976-2015, Shettleworth spearheaded the Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Maine, a project to…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Incorporation

"(Hampden Historical Society 1976) Seventeen years later on January 24, 1794 another petition was submitted to the general court requesting…"

Poland Spring Preservation Society

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 13 of 13

"… on the Myron Gartley Farm in Presque Isle in 1976, about the time Mr Gartley stopped growing potatoes."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Riverside Park and Arboretum

"… Society Construction on Riverside Park began in 1976 to coincide with America’s Bicentennial. However, due to regulatory and weather delays as well…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Sources

"… Elms Courier Gazette, Inc, Rockland, ME, Printer 1976 Matthews, Frederick C. American Merchant Ships General Publishing Co."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Sources

"… Elms Courier Gazette, Inc, Rockland, ME, Printer 1976 Matthews, Frederick C. American Merchant Ships General Publishing Co."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Sources

"… Elms Courier Gazette, Inc, Rockland, ME, Printer 1976 Matthews, Frederick C. American Merchant Ships General Publishing Co."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Sources

"… Elms Courier Gazette, Inc, Rockland, ME, Printer 1976 Matthews, Frederick C. American Merchant Ships General Publishing Co."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Site Resources

"Bangor, Me.: Bangor Pub. Co.,1976. Print. Cole, Galen, et al. The Galen Cole Family Foundation and Cole Land Transportation Museum ."

Life on a Tidal River - Exhibits

"… sixth exhibit, The Great Bangor Floods: 1902 and 1976 was created during the 2010-2011 school year. The seventh exhibit, Bangor and the Civil War…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 5 of 5

"… Records "The Early History of Dixfield Maine", DHS and Dixfield Bicentennial Committee, 1976 George J. Varney, "A Gazetteer of Maine", 1881"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1970-1980 - Page 2 of 3

"It closed its doors in 1976 with the retirement of its proprietress, Delia Frances Felix. Of thin polyester knits, there is a red high waisted full…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Square shouldered cape and suit ensemble, ca. 1943 - Page 1 of 3

"… traveler, perhaps Lucile Atkinson Baker (1892-1976) wore the suit on one of her many trips. Born in Iowa, Lucile lived in Tokyo, London, and New…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 1 of 2

"In an experimental Class A vs B playoff game in 1976, Rumford High crushed Lake Region by 50 points, thus ending the A/B playoff for all future Maine…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Changing Times

"… Hampden’s home county of Buck’s which is “Vestigia nulla retrorsum”—No footsteps backward. (Hansord-Miller 1976) Back to Expansion Works Cited"

L'Heritage Vivant Living Heritage

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Stockholm Historical Society

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North Yarmouth Historical Society

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