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Keywords: 1930s

Historical Items

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Item 111523

Glamour pajama suit, Yarmouth, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Yarmouth Media: silk

Item 105705

Anne F. Wilson's floral print dress, Salem, Massachusetts, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1935 Location: Waterford; Salem Media: rayon

Item 22057

Goodall Worsted Company, Sanford, 1930s

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: 1934–1939 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Capturing Arts and Artists in the 1930s

Emmie Bailey Whitney of the Lewiston Journal Saturday Magazine and her husband, noted amateur photographer G. Herbert Whitney, captured in words and photographs the richness of Maine's arts scene during the Great Depression.

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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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Trolley Travel

Trolleys were the cleanest and most efficient means of mass transit Maine has ever known.

Site Pages

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Unitarian Church, Presque Isle, 1895

"… Masonic Temple purchased the property in the late 1930s, and the church was torn down in 1939. The Masonic Temple was built on the property and…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 1 of 4

"… as being "modern," came into its own in the 1930s. Day dress with jacket, ca. 1930Maine Historical Society Just how attractive and…"

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Surry Historical Society

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

My Maine Stories

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Story

Baxter State Park and Burton W. Howe
by Jason Howe

Formation of Baxter State Park and the involvement of Burton W. Howe of Patten

Story

How Belfast was the Chicken Capital of the Northeast
by Ralph Chavis

My memories of spending time in Belfast as a child when my father worked in the chicken industry.

Story

First night on the pulp pile at zero degrees, to mill foreman
by Arthur Benedetto

I worked my way up in International Paper, moving from the pick ax pile to a foreman on computers