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LC Subject Heading: Employment

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 31558

Women's war work illustration, Portland, 1917

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

Item 33274

Cora Belle Bickford and Spruce Street School students, Biddeford, 1896

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1896 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 33688

Luther Cary petition for bounty on mulberry trees and silk manufacturing, Turner, 1841

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1841 Location: Turner Media: Silk, ink on paper

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Item 61846

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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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 68464

Two women at salmon pens, Swan's Island, ca. 1990

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

Item 72090

Report on cotton for prison, New Orleans, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Baton Rouge Media: Ink on paper

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Item 98973

K.B. Sewall to Ezekiel Day on occupation choice, New York, 1836

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1836 Location: New York; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 99124

Pepperell Mills weavers, Biddeford, ca. 1925

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1925 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 104126

Capping ceremony, Mercy Hospital School of Nursing, ca. 1975

Contributed by: Northern Light Mercy Hospital Date: circa 1975 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 6166

Gannett Publishing Company, Augusta, ca. 1920

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

Item 16377

Workers of Plummer's Mill, 1907

Contributed by: Lisbon Historical Society Date: 1907 Location: Lisbon Falls Media: Photographic print

Item 18823

Spinning room, Haskell Silk Company, Westbrook, 1907

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1907 Location: Westbrook Media: Ink on paper

Item 18824

Warping silk, Haskell Silk Company, 1907

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1907 Location: Westbrook Media: Ink on paper

Item 23751

Miss Marion Smith, Wiscasset, 1926

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1926-06-19 Location: Wiscasset Media: Glass Negative

Item 23753

Maude Fisher, Wiscasset, 1926

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1926-06-19 Location: Wiscasset Media: Glass Negative

Item 26742

Sardine Company, Lubec, 1911

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1911-05-22 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Item 26858

CCC crew, Augusta, 1935

Contributed by: Maine Forest Service Date: 1935 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print

Item 26866

CCC crew, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Maine Forest Service Date: circa 1935 Media: Photographic print

Item 28060

G.W. Pierce on job offer, 1826

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1826 Location: Northampton; Gorham Media: Ink on paper

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Item 28841

Portrait of Cornelia "Fly Rod" Crosby, 1894

Contributed by: Maine State Museum Date: 1894 Media: Photographic print

Item 29068

E. H. Gove Insurance Agency, Biddeford, ca. 1900

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1900 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 31426

David Webber indenture document, Cumberland, 1832

Contributed by: Prince Memorial Library Date: 1832-06-25 Location: Cumberland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 31513

Isaac Webber indenture document, Cumberland, 1830

Contributed by: Prince Memorial Library Date: 1830-01-04 Location: Cumberland Media: Printed and handwritten in ink on rag paper

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