Keywords: Great Depression
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries
"… and '50s, when islanders had recovered from the Depression and were anxious to purchase new merchandise and fresh foods without traveling to the…"
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements
"… the hotel was reduced in size following the 1929 Depression and finally razed in 1950, most of the houses that were built by the visitors to the…"
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Colby College Special Collections
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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle
"… was not insulated from the effects of the Great Depression. Presque Isle Army Airfield, ca. 1942 X Army Airfield Headquarters, Presque…"
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Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill
"… half of the twentieth century brought a slight depression. Travel was difficult for students without vehicles."
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"… Library Following a period of decline during the Depression, World War II revitalized the industry with factories on both the east and west coasts…"
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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