Ghosts of MaineThe lost and untold stories of Maine

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Faces & Places of Yesterday

Old photographs of Maine people, streets and everyday places, with context drawn from the surviving images and records.

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Two boys in wool caps and work gloves dump a basket of freshly dug potatoes into a wooden barrel in a field near Caribou, Maine, October 1940Aroostook Potato Harvest, 1940: Rare Color Photos of the Kids Who Picked the Crop9 min read
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