Nearing the End: Maine’s Rural Community, 1929-1945

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/NaN

Keywords:

Lillian Watson, Great Depression, potatoes, Rev. Augustine Avery, Emergency Municipal Finance Board, Potato Branding Act of 1935, Frank P. Washburn, Agricultural Experiment Station and Extension, Maine Potato Growers, Inc., A.L. Deering, WPA.

Abstract

The article discusses the impact of the Great Depression on the rural communities of Maine. It also reviews the local, state and federal responses in those areas.

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Published

1992-01-01

Issue

Vol. 31 No. 3 (1992): Maine History Journal

Section

Articles