Maine Memory Network

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…"

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…"

Surry Historical Society

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

"1938Maine Historical Society Two late 1930s gowns with virtually the same styling, chosen by two very different women, from two different walks of…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Lobstering

"These pictures were taken in the 1930s. The picture below shows two dories. The dory in the foreground has wooden lobster traps on it, while the dory…"

Norcross Heritage Trust

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 3 of 4

"The large number and variety of long 1930s dresses preserved in the collection are a reminder that it was still customary to wear long dresses for…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Square shouldered cape and suit ensemble, ca. 1943 - Page 1 of 3

"… shoulders first gained popularity during the 1930s, while the shorter, knife pleat skirt is indicative of war-time fashions."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School

"… 1937 - 1938Surry Historical Society In the 1930s and until the school closed in 1952 the first four grades were located on the first floor; the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 3 of 13

"… Mapleton Days parade in June, 2009 X In the 1930s some diggers had a gasoline engine mounted on it to power the mechanical parts."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Industries

"In the 1930s the line was expanded to include crafts and novelty items. The Carr O’Brien brick building on the opposite corner of Wadsworth Street…"

Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 2 of 2

"It started to improve in the 1930s. In the 1940s they added a new addition and they went from making $1 million a year to $80 million a year because…"

Leeds Historical Society

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Historic Clothing Collection - Mid Twentieth Century

"… dominated by women's wear from the 1870s to the 1930s. Although, despite this focus, the featured mid twentieth century examples within this…"

Mount Desert Island Historical Society

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Historic Clothing Collection - The Maine Historical Society Historic Dress Collection - Page 2 of 2

"… century couture caliber gowns from Lewiston; a 1930s ‘Delphic’ gown and others by Jessie Franklin Turner; and a 1970s Geoffrey Beene evening dress…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 1 of 3

"… powder blue wool and rayon V neck day dress, whose style lingers in the 1930s, with a matching softly draped scallop edge short shoulder cape."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Reform and Repeal

"… smuggled in liquor from Canada during the 1930s. Like members of other ethnic groups, they ran a kitchen bar."

Music in Maine - Music stores

"In the 1930s, Mary Curran Leighton specialized in “Hawaiian guitar” another name for lap steel guitar."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900

"… rail system would provide a means for students to attend high school in nearby Caribou and spectators to attend the Winter Carnivals in the 1930s."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"1945Great Harbor Maritime Museum During the 1930s, Northeast Harbor’s economy was not immune from the Great depression."

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"By the 1930s, the colorful and dangerous log drives were being replaced by the easier to manage four-foot pulpwood logs, which were floated…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"… were taken through the Depression of the early 1930s to reduce losses, such as abandoning some lines, the trolley system never recovered."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"In the 1930s this place became known as the Gregory Inn and was operated as a hotel by the Sweeney family."