Keywords: Ice breaking
Item 82021
Ice Breaking, Lewiston Canal, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: circa 1900 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print
Item 23130
Reclaiming ice, Presque Isle, 1962
Contributed by: Presque Isle Historical Society Date: 1962 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
A Portland newspaper wrote about an ice storm of January 28, 1886 saying, "The city of Portland was visited yesterday by the most inconvenient storm of the season."
Exhibit
The Schooner Bowdoin: Ninety Years of Seagoing History
After traveling to the Arctic with Robert E. Peary, Donald B. MacMillan (1874-1970), an explorer, researcher, and lecturer, helped design his own vessel for Arctic exploration, the schooner <em>Bowdoin,</em> which he named after his alma mater. The schooner remains on the seas.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - A Walk On The Streets During The Ice Storm
"A Walk On The Streets During The Ice Storm A Walk On The Streets During The Ice Storm Written By Wesley Lapointe and Sam Day Glistening beauty on…"
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Day 3 - Page 1 of 2
"Repairing power lines, fixing the poles, and toughing out the cold. They worked their hardest without a break."
Story
Catching live bait with Grandfather
by Randy Randall
We never bought live bait for fishing. Grandfather caught all the minnows and shiners we needed.
Story
A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin
As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down
