Keywords: Shoe making
Item 111311
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1845 Media: wood, rope
Item 15798
Viner's Shoe Co. workers, Bangor, 1943
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1943 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print
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.
Exhibit
Jay & Livermore Falls, Pioneers in Paper Making
Alvin Record and Hugh J. Chisholm were instrumental in building paper mills in Jay, Livermore, and Livermore Falls. The two industrialists helped make the towns prosperous.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - The Opening & Closing of Hallowell's Shoe Companies
"In 1935, it was Hy-style Shoe Company. From 1940 to 1962, The Hallowell Shoe Company was run by Samuel Kleven."
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory
"… because they raised $1,600,000 making ladies shoes! The resources they used to make the shoes were 2,000 leather sides, seventy five dozens of calf…"
Story
My paper making history
by Rick Simoneau
The history of my grandfather, father, and I working in the mills instilled a sense of community
Story
Aurore Morin & Huguette Paquette: immigrating to Biddeford
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
The experience of a young mother and her teenage sister making the transition from Quebec to Maine.
