Person/Organization: Bean, Mary
Item 29132
A potential photograph of Berengera Caswell, ca. 1849
Contributed by: Susan Reynolds-Phaneuf through Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1849 Location: Saco; Biddeford Media: Ambrotype
Item 29272
Cover, 'Mary Bean or the Mysterious Murder,' 1851
Contributed by: New Hampshire Historical Society Date: 1851 Location: Biddeford; Boston Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
Biddeford, Saco and the Textile Industry
The largest textile factory in the country reached seven stories up on the banks of the Saco River in 1825, ushering in more than a century of making cloth in Biddeford and Saco. Along with the industry came larger populations and commercial, retail, social, and cultural growth.
