Forest Paper Co. workers, Yarmouth, ca. 1890
Contributed by Yarmouth Historical Society
Item 67648
enlarge
zoom
add to album
Twenty-eight employees of the Forest Paper Co. in Yarmouth pose in front of a large pile of poplar wood that rail cars delivered for the soda pulp process at the mill.
During the Yarmouth mill's most prosperous years, the company employed upwards of 250 men and had a payroll of $150,000.
Other Information
- Title: Forest Paper Co. workers, Yarmouth, ca. 1890
- Creation Date: circa 1890
- Subject Date: circa 1890
- Local Name: Third Falls
- Town: Yarmouth
- County: Cumberland
- State: ME
- Media: Photograph
- Dimensions (cm): 12 x 17
- Local Code: 1997.46.9
- Object Type: Image
For more information about this item, contact:
Yarmouth Historical Society
215 Main Street, PO Box 107, Yarmouth, ME 04096
(207) 846-6259
http://www.yarmouthmehistory.org
Cross Reference Searches
LC Subject Headings
Forest Paper Company (Yarmouth, Me.)
Logyards--Maine--Yarmouth
Lumber industry--Maine--Yarmouth
Pulp industry
Sawmills--Maine--Yarmouth
Employees
Paper industry
Poplar--Maine
Group portraits
Laborers
People
Other Keywords
Black Ash
Elm Street
Royal River
boiler
cart
forest
machine
mills
paper
poplar
pulp
soda
soot
tracks
trains
trestles
wood
Share what you know about this item
... Or if there's a problem with this page, tell us.
Have a similar item and want it appraised? Check our Note on Appraisals.