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Collins Lumber Mill, Stockholm. ca. 1940

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Mills and Homes in Stockholm

"There was a plywood mill, veneer mill, baseball bat mill, clothes pin mill, bowling pin mill, two lumber mills, cedar mill, shingle mill, and a lath…"

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Nils and Karna Persson, New Sweden, ca. 1890

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry

"… Great Depression, coupled with the loss of Atlas Plywood (the town’s major wood products industry) in 1935, signaled the end of “industrial”…"

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Aerial view of Stockholm. ca. 1930

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm

"… was converted to a Box Company that made cleated plywood boxes for phonograph companies. Another company was built to make clothes pins, peavey and…"