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Keywords: Working women

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 5762

Women workers at the Portland Company, ca. 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1917 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 101847

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

Item 16376

Weave Room, Worumbo Mill, ca. 1950

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

Item 68979

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

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

Item 74154

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

Item 61877

Lillian 'Lil' Smith, telephone operator for Swan's Island, ca. 1950

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

Item 61867

Beatrice Stockbridge, Swan's Island, ca. 1950

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

Item 8307

Logging camp crew, ca. 1900

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

Item 14750

Sorting rags, Eastern Manufacturing Co., Brewer, 1921

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

Item 98865

Patricia Paré Camire, Women's Auxiliary Army Corps, Fort Oglethorpe, GA, 1943

Contributed by: Madeleine Paré Roy through Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 1943 Location: Fort Oglethorpe; Lewiston Media: Photographic print

Item 61845

Fish factory worker, Marion Stinson, Swan's Island, ca. 1990

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1990 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Item 75135

Office workers at Eastern, Brewer, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Maine Folklife Center, Univ. of Maine Date: 1938 Location: Brewer Media: Photographic print

Item 102536

American Red Cross washable uniform, ca. 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1917 Media: Cotton

Item 75133

Employees working the lab at Eastern, Brewer, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Maine Folklife Center, Univ. of Maine Date: circa 1950 Location: Brewer Media: Photographic print

Item 61855

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

Item 46815

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

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

Item 61878

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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Item 46816

Business and Professional Women's Club delegates, 1931

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

Item 61865

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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Item 20633

Bringing in the hay, Trone Farm, New Sweden, ca. 1930

Contributed by: New Sweden Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: New Sweden Media: Photographic print

Item 6164

Office workers, Gannett Publishing Co., Augusta, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print

Item 18126

Bindery, Loring, Short & Harmon, Portland, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 75467

The salary of female employees at Eastern, Brewer, 2006

Contributed by: Maine Folklife Center, Univ. of Maine Date: 1970–2003 Location: Brewer Media: Compact disc

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Item 46929

BPW Stenographers' Group, 1931

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