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Item 104176

Labor Day Parade, Millinocket, 1914

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1914 Location: Millinocket Media: Photographic print

Item 33877

Postcard of the Blue Hill Fair, 1964

Contributed by: Blue Hill Public Library Date: 1964-09-07 Location: Blue Hill Media: Photographic print

Item 105711

Fair Labor Standard coat, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1938 Media: silk, cotton
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Bakers and Confectioners trade banner, Portland, 1841

A Celebration of Skilled Artisans

The Maine Charitable Mechanic Association, an organization formed to promote and support skilled craftsmen, celebrated civic pride and members' trades with a parade through Portland on Oct. 8, 1841 at which they displayed 17 painted linen banners with graphic and textual representations of the artisans' skills.

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Waterville City Hall during the centennial celebration, 1902

"We are growing to be somewhat cosmopolitan..." Waterville, 1911

Between 1870 and 1911, Waterville more than doubled in size, becoming a center of manufacturing, transportation, and the retail trade and offering a variety of entertainments for its residents.

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Farm-yard Frames

Throughout New England, barns attached to houses are fairly common. Why were the buildings connected? What did farmers or families gain by doing this? The phenomenon was captured in the words of a children's song, "Big house, little house, back house, barn," (Thomas C. Hubka <em>Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn, the Connected Farm Buildings of New England,</em> University Press of New England, 1984.)

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Hallowell Cotton Mill, Academy Street, ca. 1885

Historic Hallowell - Child Labor

"In 1938 the Fair Labor Standards Act made the minimum age to do certain work fourteen years old. When the child is sixteen years old its an option to…"

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Susie Knight, Sardine Queen Ball, Lubec, 1949

Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"… work that you put in, do you feel that you were fairly compensated? S: Well, no I don’t. But we all had to work and we all were very fortunate to…"

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Brown & McAllister Granite Quarry, Blue Hill Bay, ca. 1890

Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 3 of 3

"Most of the laborers were locals but there were also quarrymen from Italy and Scotland. The town grew quickly during this time and there was a large…"