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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

Gas Patch, Lewiston, ca. 1960

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

Mystery Corner Item

Item 29111

Brushing machines at the Pepperell Mills, Biddeford, ca. 1925

Mystery Corner Item 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

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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

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Item 19169

Allen Winslow letter to brother, 1906

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1906 Location: Auburn; San Francisco Media: Ink on paper

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Item 19304

Allen Winslow on business recommendation, 1902

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1902 Location: Lewiston; Biddeford Media: Ink on paper

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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

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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

Sanford Mills, ca. 1880

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