Keywords: Finishing Department
Item 70278
Eastern Paper Finish Department workers, Brewer, 1942
Contributed by: Maine Folklife Center, Univ. of Maine Date: 1942 Location: Brewer Media: Photographic print
Item 75136
Women in the Finishing Department, Brewer, ca. 1942
Contributed by: Maine Folklife Center, Univ. of Maine Date: circa 1942 Location: Brewer Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
George F. Shepley: Lawyer, Soldier, Administrator
George F. Shepley of Portland had achieved renown as a lawyer and as U.S. Attorney for Maine when, at age 42 he formed the 12th Maine Infantry and went off to war. Shepley became military governor of Louisiana early in 1862 and remained in the military for the duration of the war.
Exhibit
Women at the turn of the 20th century were increasingly involved in paid work outside the home. For wage-earning women in the Old Port section of Portland, the jobs ranged from canning fish and vegetables to setting type. A study done in 1907 found many women did not earn living wages.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Natural Resource to Finished Product
"Natural Resource to Finished Product Hallowell Granite Works stone yard, Hallowell, ca. 1895Hubbard Free Library A site between Winthrop…"
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Train Wreck Poem
"… struck with fear Instead he said with a smile “We won’t be going there for a while” And with that we will diminish For this tale has to finish"
Story
Learning to fly and instructing cadets at West Point during WWII
by Vera Cleaves
West Point during World War II
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
