Keywords: female factory workers
Item 101511
Female mill workers on parade, Biddeford, 1933
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1933-10-29 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 27837
Girls at J.B. Pearson Factory, Thomaston, 1912
Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: 1912-06-15 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print
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.
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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.
