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Historical Items

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Item 9059

Maine Spinning Company mill, Skowhegan, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1925 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print

Item 23525

Vacant Spinning Room in Pepperell Mills, Biddeford, 1910

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1910 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 23522

Spinning Room of Pepperell Mills, Biddeford, 1910

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1910 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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The Trolley Parks of Maine

At the heyday of trolleys in Maine, many of the trolley companies developed recreational facilities along or at the end of trolley lines as one further way to encourage ridership. The parks often had walking paths, dance pavilions, and various other entertainments. Cutting-edge technology came together with a thirst for adventure and forever changed social dynamics in the process.

Exhibit

Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine

As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.

Exhibit

Lincoln County through the Eastern Eye

The Penobscot Marine Museum’s photography collections include nearly 50,000 glass plate negatives of images for "real photo" postcards produced by the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast. This exhibit features postcards from Lincoln County.

Site Pages

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Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 1 of 2

"… just put the boards into the drum, which would spin for 5-6 hours. It would go counter clockwise then they would reverse it."

Site Page

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 2 of 4

"… included gardening, dairying, food preparation, spinning, weaving, clothes-making, laundry, and childcare."

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Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"This was the second textile mill in town. Piscataquis Woolen Company Mill, Guilford, 1912Guilford Historical Society The first was built on the…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars