Winter of ’42 in Maine

Jan 12th, 2011 | Categories: LIFE, Maine | by Michael Williams

Hey kid, second to the front, nice boots.

All photos by Bernard Hoffman via Life Magazine.

Comments: 34

34 Comments to “Winter of ’42 in Maine”

jeannine520
on Jan 12th, 2011
@ 3:47 AM:

Nice pics
louise and nivaldo
on Jan 12th, 2011
@ 6:12 AM:

Hey kid at the very front, nice boots too!
Christian
on Jan 12th, 2011
@ 7:11 AM:

Lobster Dude’s kit looks unreal – glasses, hat, coat combo is insane.
Blake
on Jan 12th, 2011
@ 9:33 AM:

Time is short.
scott
on Jan 12th, 2011
@ 9:35 AM:

“Lobster dude” looks like the dad from “One Morning in Maine”.
Christina
on Jan 12th, 2011
@ 9:45 AM:

Going skiing this weekend. I hope I catch some air like that!
jfox
on Jan 12th, 2011
@ 9:53 AM:

awesome. needed that.
adam
on Jan 12th, 2011
@ 9:59 AM:

baggy pants
daniel
on Jan 12th, 2011
@ 10:53 AM:

Do you have any idea of where in Maine these might have been taken?
Mariah
on Jan 12th, 2011
@ 11:55 AM:

Hey kid in the front, aside from loving your boots, I also love your expression. It’s how I felt trudging to work this morning.

NYC’s got nothing on Maine, I see. Snowpocalypse, shmopocalypse…
Meshel Shoshonah Kailski
on Jan 12th, 2011
@ 1:50 PM:

- Most impressive. We have a “True Mainiac” in our family… born at home in Freeport Maine. So we just love these photos. Thanks for sharing them.
Juleah Rifcah Kaliski
on Jan 12th, 2011
@ 2:43 PM:

Hahah, yes I’m that “true Maineiac”. I remember when I was younger, my sister would make hand prints in the top of the snow but she would have to pick me so that I could see them because the top of the snow was up over my head. I still love the snow.
Grant
on Jan 12th, 2011
@ 4:17 PM:

Thanks for posting these amazing photos. Love the lobster dudes chore jacket.
FLScott
on Jan 12th, 2011
@ 5:04 PM:

Damn – Those are some fine boots! Want me’n a pair.
FLScott
on Jan 12th, 2011
@ 5:05 PM:

Kinda looks a little Nazi though…
kevin
on Jan 12th, 2011
@ 5:17 PM:

Nothing wrong with a bit of nazi Scott. I’d say style/design is one of a few things they did somewhat right.
Will
on Jan 12th, 2011
@ 5:22 PM:

These are great. My daughter, now of NYC but a Maine native, sent them up. This is the “olde” Maine that all the nostalgia and cache’ was built on-as you can see-it was mostly hard work and simple living-not the cutesy small town, many now full of shops owned by out-of-staters selling stuff to the tourists and transplants..

If you like this sort of thing-look for the book “Midnight Train at Wiscasset Station” great period pics during the 30′s.

Enjoy
FLScott
on Jan 12th, 2011
@ 5:51 PM:

@ Kevin – agreed.
FLScott
on Jan 12th, 2011
@ 6:39 PM:

Random Shout out (if you haven’t browsed already) :

http://www.pullupandout.com
robbie
on Jan 13th, 2011
@ 12:05 AM:

Love that ‘Time is Short’ motivational poster/banner in the snowshoe factory.
That's Not My Age
on Jan 13th, 2011
@ 7:11 AM:

Excellent photos – like the schoolgirl, the snow and the man with the lobster pots.
Noe
on Jan 13th, 2011
@ 10:14 AM:

These are fantastic. The snowshoe factory and lobstermen shots — I needed this after shoveling out. Makes winter feel a whole lot sweeter.

-Noe
ADELLA AVENUE
Chris
on Jan 13th, 2011
@ 11:26 AM:

Flannel madness in the logging shot.
jbjones
on Jan 13th, 2011
@ 11:44 AM:

the boy’s boots remind me a bit of the ones we all wore growing up in the 80s – http://www.etsy.com/listing/65188430/vintage-1970s-tall-winter-duck-boots-in

pretty impossible to find anymore.
pmg
on Jan 13th, 2011
@ 1:45 PM:

I like the pro-nazi vibe of some of these comments. brutal dictatorships have the dopest style.
cam
on Jan 13th, 2011
@ 3:23 PM:

y’all talking about 14 words?
Sawyer
on Jan 13th, 2011
@ 5:41 PM:

More emphasis then on what you got done than on how you looked doing it.
FLScott
on Jan 13th, 2011
@ 5:46 PM:

We can’t all conquer the world……….. though we’ll die tryin… surely.
FLScott
on Jan 13th, 2011
@ 7:28 PM:

A second nod to the boots… maybe a third, lost count:

http://www.valetmag.com/style/products/2011/seavees-off-shore-rubber-boots-011211.php?index1_bottom_module
cliff
on Jan 14th, 2011
@ 7:05 PM:

just get it done people…..think were all way too hooked on immediate gratification….love these photos !
dale vest
on Jan 14th, 2011
@ 9:02 PM:

hey the boots are cool enough but the sweater is great, or it would be in a size 44 in my closet. great photos!
mark kelley
on Jan 17th, 2011
@ 5:31 PM:

Hi, Thanks so much for sharing these. I was born in Maine and lived there most my life, My Dad was also born here in 44. Do you have more of these or know where i can find more of them????. It brought back fond memories for my family
Sweetly Fallen
on Jan 21st, 2011
@ 9:44 AM:

Love the boots!
Andy
on Jan 22nd, 2011
@ 8:37 PM:

Why would any of you, even in jest, insert the mention of Nazis when these photos depict Americans during WWII who were sacrificing their lives to fight fascism?

Winter of ’42 in Maine

All photos by Bernard Hoffman via Life Magazine.

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34 Comments to “Winter of ’42 in Maine”