Contributed by Maine Folklife Center, Univ. of Maine
Description
In this long room inside the mill twenty-five women are shown sorting rags into large barrels. Such rags were used for some of the higher quality paper at Eastern. The women are capped and are wearing aprons. Notice that they are overseen by a man in a suit and tie at the far end of the room.
About This Item
- Title: Women sorting rags, Brewer, ca. 1920
- Creation Date: circa 1920
- Subject Date: circa 1920
- Location: Brewer, Penobscot County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 19.7 cm x 24.1 cm
- Local Code: Photo# 10210
- Collection: Eastern Fine Paper
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Employees--Maine--Brewer
- Pulp mills--Maine--Brewer
- Paper mills--Maine--Brewer
- Eastern Manufacturing Company (Brewer, Me.)--Equipment and supplies
- Employees--Maine--Brewer
- Eastern Manufacturing Company (Brewer, Me.)
- Paper industry--Maine--Brewer
- Women--Employment--Maine--Brewer
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For more information about this item, contact:
Maine Folklife Center, Univ. of Mainec/o Special Collections, 5729 Fogler Library, Orono, ME 04469
(207) 581-1686
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