Keywords: Machines
Item 75140
Paper machines and scrap paper, Brewer, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Maine Folklife Center, Univ. of Maine Date: circa 1920 Location: Brewer Media: Photographic print
Item 80394
Elliott hand cranked addressing machine, ca. 1925
Contributed by: Maine's Paper & Heritage Museum Date: circa 1925 Location: Livermore Falls Media: Metal
Item 62054
26 Warren Avenue, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Southworth Machine Company Use: Offices
Item 86042
28-86 Warren Avenue, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Southworth Machine Company Use: Factory
Item 151119
Machine Shop for the Thos. Laughlin Co., Portland, 1905-1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1905–1920 Location: Portland; Portland Client: Thomas Laughlin Co. Architect: John Calvin Stevens John Howard Stevens Architects
Item 150990
Alterations to Kimball Block, Portland, 1903-1925
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1903–1925 Location: Portland Client: Eastman Bros. & Bancroft Architect: John P. Thomas
Exhibit
Silk Manufacturing in Westbrook
Cultivation of silkworms and manufacture of silk thread was touted as a new agricultural boon for Maine in the early 19th century. However, only small-scale silk production followed. In 1874, the Haskell Silk Co. of Westbrook changed that, importing raw silk, and producing silk machine twist threat, then fabrics, until its demise in 1930.
Exhibit
Yarmouth's "Third Falls" provided the perfect location for papermaking -- and, soon, for producing soda pulp for making paper. At the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th, Yarmouth was an international leader in soda pulp production.
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - Lace and fringe trimmed walking dress, ca. 1865 - Page 1 of 4
"The bodice is trimmed with machine-made blue fringe, knotted at the header, and black machine-made lace at the neck, peplum waist (short, gathered…"
Site Page
Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4
"12 machine. Room also was required to house new super calenders. These went into production in 1948."
Story
I work as a Journeyman Mechanic, or Millwright at Catalyst
by Linda Deane
Working on a paper machine and as a Millwright can be challenging as a woman and a Union Rep.
Story
If you wanted a good job, the mill was the place to be.
by Brent Gay
Changes in the paper industry, labor strikes, and the community around International Paper's mills
