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Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory

"Johnson Shoe Factory, Hallowell, 1900Hubbard Free Library The Johnson Shoe Factory was a large part of history in Hallowell."

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilders, Sailors and Whaling Men

"Shipbuilders, Sailors and Whaling Men The Drews and the Pierces Among the first settlers to arrive in what is now Hallowell were shipbuilders from…"

Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"The Cotton Mill closed and had to sell all of its machinery in 1890 and was replaced by the shoe industry."

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"The shoes that loggers wore had spikes on them to keep them balanced on the logs. Also, loggers used an axe called the double bit axe that was very…"

Historic Hallowell - Meeting at Koussinok

"… Late in the fall of 1625 a small boat with seven men aboard slowly made its way up the Kennebec River."

Historic Hallowell - Sweat on the Kennebec ~ Hallowell Steam and Boom Company

"… more that just a mode of transportation to the men working for the Hallowell Steam and Boom Company, The river was literally their home! Pickers…"

Historic Hallowell - Natural Resource to Finished Product

"1895Hubbard Free Library 250 men worked at both the quarry and the granite yard. Learn more about these hard, working talented artisans."

Historic Hallowell - A Bay State Exodus

"… Hallowell, 1968Hubbard Free Library In Liberty Men and Great Proprietors, Alan Taylor observed that in the years following the Revolutionary War…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell House

"Men of enterprise and capital formed the Hallowell House Company to finance the project. The hotel hosted legislators and famous visitors: Phillips…"

Historic Hallowell - The Fuller Foundry

"… changed to “George Fuller and Sons." The thirty men that were employed in this industry had had experience with iron before because Mr."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"The men depended on their income from the ice industry to take care of their families. Today, the ice industry no longer exists."

Historic Hallowell - The "World of Mirth" Carnival in Hallowell

"… carnival included freak shows, kerosene covered men being lit on fire, and other old-fashioned, carnival rides such as a carousel and ferris wheel."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"The men depended on their income from the ice industry to take care of their families. Today, the ice industry no longer exists."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Iron Foundry

"At one time, the Hallowell Iron Works employed 30 experienced men. Unfortunately it went out of business in the early 1950’s."

Historic Hallowell - In Sickness and in Health

"… and commercial interests in Boston most of these men were members of the Massachusetts Medical Society and many traveled to Boston for medical…"

Historic Hallowell - Initiative and Self-Improvement

"In 1822, a group of young men in Hallowell, anxious to improve their minds, organized the Franklin Debating Society."

Historic Hallowell - City Marshals

"Webber, Sr., an individual partner One of the men in this picture was City Marshal, Edward W. Maddox."

Historic Hallowell - Industry on the Bombahook Citations

"Leading Business Men Of Lewiston, Augusta Vicinity. Boston: Mercantile, 1889 Nason, Emma H and Sam Webber. Old Hallowell on the Kennebec."

Historic Hallowell - A Chosen Place ~ Once Again

"… best legacy she could have ever devised, as good men and women as ever lived. To those that remain, the very few of the great number she has sent…"

Historic Hallowell - Cascade Hand Tub

"… be brought using buckets and then pumped by two men to create a half inch wide stream that could reach up to 60 feet! This took lots of effort but…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History Bibliography

"Liberty Men and Great Proprietors. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1990. "A Bay State Exodus" Page 62 Wormser, Baron."

Historic Hallowell - The Tiger and the Lion

"The fire men were off at a muster when a fire started in a building. The women of the town hauled out the Tiger and used it to put out the fire…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"Ice men are guiding ice blocks toward the steam-powered conveyor belt. This belt lifts the blocks up, into the ice house for later shipping."

Historic Hallowell - Whaling

"Whaling Samantha Hallowell & Annie Wilson Men carrying a whale fin, Ragged Island, 1927Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Whaling was…"