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Historical Items

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Item 8517

Peavey man, Maine woods, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Patten Lumbermen's Museum Date: circa 1900 Media: Photographic print

Item 8347

Peavey Loghauler, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Patten Lumbermen's Museum Date: circa 1900 Media: Photographic print

Item 14594

Peavey, ca. 1875

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1875 Media: Forged and cast iron

Online Exhibits

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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.

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Making Paper, Making Maine

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.

Site Pages

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry

"… was built in the early 1920s to make clothespins, peavey and pick-pole handles, whiffle-trees, snowshoes and perforated chair seats."

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm

"Another company was built to make clothes pins, peavey and pick–pole handles, whiffle–trees, snowshoes and perforated chair seats."

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Early Maine Photography - Occupational

"… two loggers exhibit the tools of their trade: a peavey, an ax, and a shovel. Firefighter, Skowhegan, ca."