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Historical Items

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Mystery Corner Item

Item 104171

Paper mill workers, Millinocket, 1903

Mystery Corner Item Do you know the people in this image?

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1903 Location: Millinocket Media: Photographic print

Item 104181

Construction to extend paper mills, Millinocket, 1914

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1914-07-22 Location: Millinocket Media: Photographic print

Item 5626

Strike at St. Regis Paper, Bucksport, 1979

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1979 Location: Bucksport Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 41777

66-70 Cross Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Casco Paper Box Co. Use: Box Factory

Item 76230

131-145 Somerset Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Brackett Box Company, Inc. Use: Factory

Item 76231

Assessor's Record, 131-145 Somerset Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: George C. Page Box Company, Inc. Use: Factory

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Yarmouth: Leader in Soda Pulp

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.

Exhibit

Washington County Through Eastern's Eye

Images taken by itinerant photographers for Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company, a real photo postcard company, provide a unique look at industry, commerce, recreation, tourism, and the communities of Washington County in the early decades of the twentieth century.

Exhibit

Laboring in Maine

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.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Maine's Paper & Heritage Museum

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Site Page

Lincoln, Maine - Eastern Manufacturing Company, Lincoln, ca. 1920 - Page 1 of 2

"In the bottom right of the photograph is a conveyor belt that put wood in a box car and shipped it to Brewer."

Site Page

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"… recreation were found: dance halls, pool rooms, boxing matches, horse racing, a movie theater. In 1924 the Oakdale Country Club Golf Course was…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Elizabeth Mantis Spiliopoulos: passion for life & Greek heritage
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

A spunky 99-year-old shares her crystal-clear recollections of all the changes in her lifetime

Story

2020 Sheltering in Place Random Notes During COVID-19
by Phyllis Merriam, LCSW

Sheltering-in-Place personal experiences in mid-coast Maine (Rockland) during March and April 2020

Story

Peter Spanos fled the genocide in Turkey to Maine
by anonymous

Peter Spanos fled the Greek genocide in Smyrna in 1922, coming to Maine to work as a fruit peddler