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Keywords: Floods

Historical Items

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Item 7220

Station Bridge during Floods of March 1936

Contributed by: Cornish Historical Society Date: 1936 Location: Cornish; Baldwin Media: Photographic print

Item 15253

Spring flooding in Aroostook County, c. 1955

Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: circa 1955 Media: Photographic print

Item 19700

Flood in Danforth, 1923

Contributed by: An individual through East Grand School Date: 1923 Location: Danforth; Danforth Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 58651

Assessor's Record, 46 Irving Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Dora E. Flood Use: Stable

Item 58650

46 Irving Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Dora E. Flood Use: Dwelling - Single family

Item 71563

49-51 Quebec Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Alger S. Flood Use: Dwelling - Two family

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 116386

Boyd house, Augusta, 1903

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1903 Location: Augusta Client: Byron Boyd Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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Photojournalism & the 1936 Flood

Photojournalism & the 1936 Flood examines the monumental destruction caused by the historic flood of 1936 through the comprehensive and innovative photojournalism done by the Guy Gannett Publishing Company in the weeks surrounding the flood.

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High Water

Melting snow, ice, warmer temperatures, and rain sometimes bring floods to Maine's many rivers and streams. Floods are most frequent in the spring, but can occur at any season.

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Eye in the Sky

In 1921, Guy Gannett purchased two competing Portland newspapers, merging them under the Portland Press Herald title. He followed in 1925 with the purchase the Portland Evening Express, which allowed him to combine two passions: photography and aviation.

Site Pages

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"Hallowell Floods Hallowell Flood 1870Hubbard Free Library Hallowell Flood 1896Hubbard Free Library The Hall-Dale 7th Grade, of…"

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods Citations

"… Hallowell Floods Citations WEBSITES: Dartmouth Flood Observatory, published July 2003, 1987 Global Register of Extreme Flood Events…"

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Historic Hallowell - Poem of the 1896 Flood by William Lewis

"… of the 1896 Flood by William Lewis Hallowell Flood of 1896 It was March 3, 1896 and there was a flood Everyone was 10 feet under without any food…"

My Maine Stories

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What does a warming climate mean for Maine?
by David Reidmiller

Climate change affects all aspects of life. What does this mean for Maine?

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Catching live bait with Grandfather
by Randy Randall

We never bought live bait for fishing. Grandfather caught all the minnows and shiners we needed.

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Wabanaki-Greenland connections
by Jennifer Sapiel Neptune

Exploring cultural resiliency in this time of rapidly changing climate.