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Description
Portland Press Herald photographers captured a group of log drivers working on the Saco River in East Limington. Each man holds a peavy, a multi-purpose logging tool created by Joseph Peavey of Stillwater, Maine.
About This Item
- Title: Log Drivers on the Saco River, East Limington, 1923
- Creation Date: 1923
- Subject Date: 1923
- Location: East Limington, Limington, York County, ME
- Media: Glass negative
- Dimensions: 8.3 cm x 10.8 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 1949; 2005.061.6779
- Collection: Portland Press Herald glass negative collection
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Log driving--Maine
- Log transportation--Maine
- Loggers--Maine
- Lumber industry--Maine
- Rivers--Maine
- Saco River (N.H. and Me.)
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