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Item 15241
Sugar beets, Aroostook County, ca. 1975
Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: circa 1975 Media: Photographic print
Item 17835
Loading sugar beets, Aroostook County, ca. 1975
Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: circa 1975 Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Settling along the Androscoggin and Kennebec
The Proprietors of the Township of Brunswick was a land company formed in 1714 and it set out to settle lands along the Androscoggin and Kennebec Rivers in Maine.
Exhibit
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.
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Loading sugar beets, Aroostook County, ca. 1975
"While a promising concept, scheduling problems arose when both potatoes and sugar beets needed to be harvested at the same time."
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Development of an Island-wide Identity
"… 20th century, old institutions grew and new ones arose that tended to unite the island. One long-time resident said that before 1950, he had never…"
Story
We Gonna Be Alright and Say It Loud
by Ryan Adams
Creating artwork during a period of social and cultural awakening
