Keywords: Hand labor
Item 103711
Two laborers, Bangor, ca. 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Location: Bangor Media: Tintype
Item 103918
Percy Graffam holds pool balls in one hand, Portland, 1927
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1927-05-21 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Exhibit
Workers in Maine have labored in factories, on farms, in the woods, on the water, among other locales. Many of Maine's occupations have been determined by the state's climate and geographical features.
Exhibit
Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.
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Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor
"… Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor by Edward L. Hawes Aerial view looking toward Lubec, ca."
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Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 1 of 4
"… in the phrase, “tradition accommodates innovation.” At least two labor saving improvements were adopted in the early 1970s that need looking at."
Story
Aroostook Potato Harvest: Perspective of a Six Year Old
by Phyllis A. Blackstone
A child's memory of potato harvest in the 1950s
Story
Pandemic ruminations and the death of Rose Cleveland
by Tilly Laskey
Correlations between the 1918 and 2020 Pandemics
