Sawing Winter Cordwood, Sabbathday Lake, ca. 1905
Contributed by United Society of Shakers
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Pictured from left to right at Sabbathday Lake are Frank Carpenter, hired man, and Brothers Hiram Bailey, John Dorrington (b. 1878) and John Pine (b. 1875).
The saw in the photograph was purchased in the 1890s. Elder Delmer Wilson built the gasoline engine that powered it.
Other Information
- Title: Sawing Winter Cordwood, Sabbathday Lake, ca. 1905
- Creator: Wilson, Delmer Charles
- Creation Date: circa 1905
- Subject Date: circa 1905
- Local Name: Sabbathday Lake
- Town: New Gloucester
- County: Cumberland
- State: ME
- Media: Slide from a glass-plate negative
- Local Code: ITE 39
- Object Type: Text and Image
For more information about this item, contact:
United Society of Shakers
707 Shaker Road, New Gloucester, ME 04260
(207) 926-4597
http://www.shaker.lib.me.us/
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LC Subject Headings
Sawmills--Maine--New Gloucester
Shakers--Missions--Maine--Sabbathday Lake
Shakers--History
Christian communities
Shakers--Social life and customs
United Society of Shakers--Maine
Lumber industry
Men working
People
Dorrington, John
Bailey, Hiram
Carpenter, Frank
Pine, John
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Agriculture
Alfred
Buildings
Delmer Charles Wilson
Farm
Industry & work
New Hampshire
Photography
Portland
Portraits
Religion
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Religious community
Shaker
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