Maine Memory Network

Maine Conservation Corps

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Governor's Potato Plot, Presque Isle, 1959

"… Wing employed 1200 military personnel and 300 civilians at an annual expenditure of $8 million per year."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 1 of 3

"Cloth for civilian clothing was limited because production was prioritized for military purposes. Bates Mill in Lewiston produced vast quantities of…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Civil War

"… during the war years, the result of military and civilian deaths, the flight of men avoiding the draft, and the emigration of young people in…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1910-1920 - Page 2 of 2

"… or engaged in war work exerted influence on civilian fashion. While at present there are no examples of such uniforms in the collection, Ruth…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 4 of 4

"… Scarborough for Puerto Rico, where he became a civilian medical officer for the U.S. Navy. After fifty years of marriage, Faith died in 1990 and…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"A group of civilians known as the Ground Observer Corps watched the skies for enemy aircraft and then again during the Cold War of the 1950s."

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4

"Some local men went to jobs at the Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Bar Harbor during the 1930s helping build the infrastructure for Acadia…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Two thousand civilians labored around the clock during that spring to build the new Army cantonment which became known as Dow Field."

Colby College Special Collections

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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