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Historical Items
These results include photographs, documents, letters, paintings, artifacts, and many other kinds of Maine related items from collections around the state and elsewhere.
Item 104179
Laconia Picker House, Biddeford, 2015
Contributed by: Biddeford Mills Museum Date: circa 1845 Location: Biddeford Media: Digital Image
Item 9657
Contributed by: Lewiston Public Library Date: circa 1960 Location: Lewiston Media: Photo transparency
Item 25228
Mill workers during the lunch hour on Main Street, Biddeford, 1912
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1912 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
Item 29102
Bale breakers at the Pepperell Mills, Biddeford ca. 1925
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1925 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 29105
Carding machines at Pepperell Mills, Biddeford, ca. 1925
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1925 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 29108
Slubbers at Pepperell Mills, Biddeford, ca. 1925
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1925 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 29111
Brushing machines at the Pepperell Mills, Biddeford, ca. 1925
Who's at the brushing machines?
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1925 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 29104
Finisher pickers, Pepperell Mills, Biddeford, ca. 1925
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1925 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 29107
Slashing machines at Pepperell Mills, Biddeford, ca. 1925
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1925 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 29109
High-speed warping room, Pepperell Mills, Biddeford, ca. 1925
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1925 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 29113
Weighing finished cloth at the Pepperell Mills, Biddeford, ca. 1925
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1925 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 29370
Pepperell Mills boarding houses, Biddeford, ca. 1875
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1875 Location: Biddeford Media: Stereograph
Item 70078
The dam and Woolen Mills, Old Town, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Old Town Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 62848
Ticonic Water Power and Manufacturing Co. document, Waterville, 1866
Contributed by: Waterville Public Library Date: 1866–1874 Location: Waterville Media: Ink on paper
Item 82046
Canal Excavation, Lewiston, ca. 1845
Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: circa 1845 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print
Item 25154
Warren Mills, Warren, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Warren Media: Postcard
Item 16493
Letter of reference for mill supervisor, Lewiston, 1887
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1887 Location: Lewiston; Biddeford Media: Ink on paper
Item 19169
Allen Winslow letter to brother, 1906
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1906 Location: Auburn; San Francisco Media: Ink on paper
Item 19304
Allen Winslow on business recommendation, 1902
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1902 Location: Lewiston; Biddeford Media: Ink on paper
Item 19055
Letter from Ida Winslow Skinner to Burton Winslow, 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1900 Location: Lewiston; Saco Media: Ink on paper
Item 21423
Sanford Mills, Unusual View, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative
Item 22064
Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative
Item 22066
Sanford Mills from Batley Pond, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative