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Description
During the week of March 13, 1936, the raging waters of the Androscoggin River flooded the cities of Lewiston and Auburn. Gannett Publishing's aerial photograph division captured the devastation from their company plane, which provided eager readers with a dramatic bird's-eye view of the destruction caused by the record-setting flood.
About This Item
- Title: Flooded Androscoggin River, 1936
- Creator: Portland Press Herald
- Creation Date: 1936-03-20
- Subject Date: 1936-03-20
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Locations:
- Lewiston, Androscoggin County, ME
- Auburn, Androscoggin County, ME
- Media: glass plate negative
- Dimensions: 12.7 cm x 17.8 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 1949, 2005.061.527
- Collection: Portland Press Herald glass negative collection
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Androscoggin River (N.H. and Me.)
- Bridges--Maine--Auburn
- Bridges--Maine--Lewiston
- Disasters--Maine
- Floods--Maine--Auburn
- Floods--Maine--Lewiston
- Natural phenomena--Maine
- Photojournalism--Maine--History
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