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Title: Sidewalk work, Biddeford, ca. 1934

Contributed by: Maine State Archives

Date: circa 1934

Location: Biddeford

Media: silver gelatin print

Title: Slate Quarry Workers and Work Horses, Monson, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Monson Historical Society

Date: circa 1900

Location: Monson

Media: photograph

Title: Farm work wagon, Presque Isle, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum

Date: 2005

Location: Presque Isle

Media: digital photograph

Address: 55 Alder Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: Zafiris Vamvakias et als

Style: Utilitarian

Use: Mill - Cabinet Works

Address: 84 Hanover Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: Cornelius A. Mannix

Use: Granite Works

Address: 69-85 Kennebec Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: Gist Blair

Use: Factory - Cabinet Works

Working Women of the Old Port

Women at the turn of the 20th century were increasingly involved in paid work outside the home. For wage-earning women in the Old Port section of Portland, the jobs ranged from canning fish and vegetables to setting type. A study done in 1907 found many women did not earn living wages.

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.

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.

City of Portland Department of Public Works

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Maine Historic Preservation Commission

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Lubec, Maine

A history of the easternmost town in Maine as created by the Lubec Historical Society, Lubec Consolidated School, Lubec Landmarks, and Lubec Memorial Library. Exhibits include the sardine and herring industries, the Sardine Queen, the West Quoddy Head Lighthouse, the 1911 Centennial Celebration, the S. S. Cumberland Steamer, the gold hoax, an important community quilt, a tragic boating accident, and the blizzard of 1934, among others.