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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 31514

David Webber indenture document, Cumberland, 1830

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

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Item 31737

Packing fish in cans, Lubec, ca. 1900, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Lubec Media: Photograph on card mount

Item 31825

Aurelie Danis, Biddeford, ca. 1912

Contributed by: Biddeford Historical Society Date: circa 1912 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 31889

Josiah Pierce on wanting to leave diplomatic post, Russia, 1857

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1857 Location: Saint Petersburg Media: Ink on paper

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Item 33329

Working in McCurdy's Skinning Shed, Lubec, ca. 1982

Contributed by: Brenda Havens Foley through Lubec Landmarks Date: circa 1982 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Item 33420

William York 3rd indenture document, Cumberland, 1826

Contributed by: Prince Memorial Library Date: 1826 Location: Cumberland Media: Printed and handwritten in ink on rag paper

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Item 33426

Benjamin Esters indenture document, Cumberland, 1826

Contributed by: Prince Memorial Library Date: 1826 Location: Cumberland Media: Printed and handwritten in ink on rag paper

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Item 33429

David Webber letter to Cumberland Overseers of the Poor, 1830

Contributed by: Prince Memorial Library Date: 1830 Location: Harpswell; Cumberland Media: Handwritten in ink on rag paper

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Item 33438

Reuben Rideout, Jr., receipt, Cumberland, March 5, 1832

Contributed by: Prince Memorial Library Date: 1832 Location: Cumberland; Harpswell Media: Handwritten in ink on rag paper

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Item 33513

Samuel Easters indenture document, Cumberland, 1826

Contributed by: Prince Memorial Library Date: 1826 Location: Cumberland Media: Printed and handwritten in ink on rag paper

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Item 34113

Packing watchstraps, Lubec, ca. 1988

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1988 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Item 35722

Skinning herring at McCurdy's, Lubec, 1989, 1989

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1989 Location: Lubec Media: Color transparency

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 72744

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

Item 76127

Plea to Gen. Shepley for work, Brunswick, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Brunswick Media: Ink on paper

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Item 67334

Sardine cannery and workers, Swan's Island, ca. 1900

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

Item 12750

Fish Cannery workers, Brooklin, ca. 1910

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

Item 15569

W.T. Kilborn Co. workers, Portland, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 16376

Weave Room, Worumbo Mill, ca. 1950

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