Maine Memory Network

Beatrice Stockbridge, Swan's Island, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Women employees, Farnsworth Fish Cannery, Brooklin, 1920

Contributed by: An individual through Sedgwick-Brooklin Historical Society Date: 1920 Location: Brooklin Media: Photo transparency

Laura Sprague in Atlantic store, Swan's Island, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Women at Cummings Shoe Company worktable, South Berwick, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Old Berwick Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: South Berwick Media: Photographic print

Eva Wheaton on quarry boarding house, Swan's Island, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Swan's Island Media: Mp3

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Weave Room, Worumbo Mill, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Lisbon Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Lisbon Falls Media: Photographic print

Sardine factory workers, Swan's Island, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Khaki work uniform, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1925 Location: Clitheroe Media: cotton, Bakelite

Fish Cannery workers, Brooklin, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Sedgwick-Brooklin Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Brooklin Media: Photo transparency

Housewife turns mill machinery expert, 1955

Contributed by: An individual through Steep Falls Library Date: 1955 Location: Standish Media: Photographic print

A woman working with men, Brewer, 2006

Contributed by: Maine Folklife Center, Univ. of Maine Date: 1974–2004 Location: Brewer Media: Compact disc

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Sorting rags, Eastern Manufacturing Co., Brewer, 1921

Contributed by: City of Brewer Date: 1921 Location: Brewer Media: Photographic print

Logging camp crew, ca. 1900

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

Women's war work illustration, Portland, 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1917 Media: Ink on paper

Members of the Women's Society of Christian Service ca. 1960

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1960 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Business and Professional Women's Club delegates, 1931

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1931 Location: Portland; Richmond Media: Photographic print

BPW Stenographers' Group, 1931

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1931-07-31 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print

Women staff working with a Civil Defense map of Baltimore, 1954

Contributed by: National Archives at Boston Date: circa 1954 Media: Photographic print

Business and Professional Women's Executive Board, Portland, 1931

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1931 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Marion Stinson, 'Jill of All Trades,' Swan's Island, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1945 Location: Swan's Island Media: Mp3

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Reading room at Eastern Fine, Brewer, 1919

Contributed by: Maine Folklife Center, Univ. of Maine Date: 1919-05-03 Location: Brewer Media: Photographic print

Gwen May remembers working the Swan's Island telephone switchboard in the 1960s

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1960 Location: Swan's Island Media: Mp3

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Fish Cannery Worker Transportation Bus, Brooklin, 1948

Contributed by: Sedgwick-Brooklin Historical Society Date: 1948 Location: Brooklin Media: Photo transparency

Sisters Working on Fancy Goods, Sabbathday Lake, ca. 1902

Contributed by: United Society of Shakers Date: circa 1902 Location: New Gloucester Media: Slide from a glass-plate negative