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Blizzard, Lubec, January 1934

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society

Date: 1934

Location: Lubec

Media: Postcard

Blizzard, Lubec, January 1934

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society

Date: 1934

Location: Lubec

Media: Postcard

Blizzard, Lubec, January 21, 1934

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society

Date: 1934-01-21

Location: Lubec

Media: Postcard

A Field Guide to Trolley Cars

Many different types of trolley cars -- for different weather, different uses, and different locations -- were in use in Maine between 1895-1940. The "field guide" explains what each type looked like and how it was used.

The Arrival of Winter

The astronomical arrival of winter -- also known as the winter solstice -- marks the year's shortest day and the season of snow and cold. It usually arrives on December 21.

Most Inconvenient Storm

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."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods Citations

“National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office.” 16 July 2006. http://www.srh.noaa.gov/sjt/?n=events-1936flood (accessed Mar. 4, 2010).

Surry by the Bay - Weathervane Dispute

Bonsey, “to remove or cause to be removed the weather vane now placed on the top of the School Flag Staff.” According to Mr.

Life on a Tidal River - The Great Bangor Floods: 1902 and 1976

… had been experiencing unseasonably warm, wet weather for many days now, and they were sick of it.

Cleaning Fish or How Grandfather and Grandmother got by

by Randy Randall

Grandfather and Grandmother subsisted on the fish Grandfather caught, not always legally.

Langdon Burton and the Cold, Wet Tourists

by Phil Tedrick

A father and son have their vacation experience totally changed by an encounter with a fisherman

Learning to fly and instructing cadets at West Point during WWII

by Vera Cleaves

West Point during World War II