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Two women with whiskey glasses, ca. 1854

Early Maine Photography - Human Interest

"Equally well dressed is young Ernest Perry, who stands next to a chair with his drum. Eleanor Peters, ca."

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James Jones, Farmington, ca. 1854

Early Maine Photography - Occupational

"The lady’s plain dress and her old rocking chair indicate a rural origin for this tintype. Tintype of woman knitting, ca."

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Harvesting Potatoes by hand, Aroostook County, ca. 1900

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13

"Pictured on the left are several men using a hand digger to dig potatoes from the rows. Others picked the potatoes from the ground and put them in…"

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Silhouette of an unidentified woman, ca. 1855

Early Maine Photography - Art

"This uncropped photograph (at right) reveals a portrait placed before the camera on a cane seated chair. The unframed portrait shows a man in formal…"

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Guilford Woolen Mill Finishing Room Crew, ca, 1890

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"This plant was enlarged and a floor added in 1907. The following year, the log jam and flood mentioned above occurred, sending two and a half million…"