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Category: Nature & Geography, Weather & Disasters, Snow & ice

Historical Items

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Item 5546

Lubec in a heavy snow, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: Lubec Media: Cabinet photograph

Item 6274

Edith Knight Moulton, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Media: Photographic print

Item 11030

Wall of ice, Bowdoinham, 1981

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1981-02-18 Location: Bowdoinham Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Photojournalism & the 1936 Flood

Photojournalism & the 1936 Flood examines the monumental destruction caused by the historic flood of 1936 through the comprehensive and innovative photojournalism done by the Guy Gannett Publishing Company in the weeks surrounding the flood.

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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.

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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."