Potential photograph of Berengera Caswell, ca. 1849

Contributed by Susan Reynolds-Phaneuf through Maine Historical Society

Potential photograph of Berengera Caswell, ca. 1849

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An ambrotype thought to be Berengera Caswell, a mill girl who in 1849 died after a botched abortion, and whose body was found in a Saco stream.

The photo -- unidentified -- has been passed down through the family. The young woman pictured fits the physical description of Caswell as recalled in period newspapers.

Caswell's life, and unfortunate death, was memorialized in fictionalized accounts such as Mary Bean, The Factory Girl (1850), and Life of George Hamilton (1852).

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  • Title: Potential photograph of Berengera Caswell, ca. 1849
  • Creation Date: circa 1852
  • Subject Date: circa 1852
  • Location: Saco, York County, ME
  • Media: Ambrotype
  • Object Type: Image

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