Keywords: Cigar manufacturing
Item 82168
Contributed by: Walker Memorial Library Date: 1880 Location: Westbrook Media: Photographic print
Item 26811
Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: circa 1905 Location: Calais Media: Postcard
Exhibit
This Rebellion: Maine and the Civil War
For Mainers like many other people in both the North and the South, the Civil War, which lasted from 1861-1865, had a profound effect on their lives. Letters, artifacts, relics, and other items saved by participants at home and on the battlefield help illuminate the nature of the Civil War experience for Mainers.
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.
Site Page
Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 3 of 3
"… Florida by Fletcher Pride to manufacture wooden cigar tips for the Hav-a-Tampa Jewel Cigar. Drapers Mill & Edes Building, Guilford, ca."
