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Title: Bag Mill bachelor housing, Rumford, 1946

Contributed by: Greater Rumford Area Historical Society

Date: 1946-08-08

Location: Rumford

Media: black and white photo

Title: Baby in carriage and Hollingsworth & Whitney housing, Winslow, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Winslow Historical Preservation Committee

Date: circa 1920

Location: Winslow

Media: Photograph

Title: Weston's Mill and Old Carding Mill Ca. 1890

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House

Date: circa 1900

Location: Skowhegan

Media: Photograph

Address: Marginal Way, Portland

Owner in 1924: F.A. Rumery Company

Use: Mill

Address: 498-504 Fore Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: Richardson Wharf Company

Use: Mill

Address: 502-510 Fore Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: Richardson Wharf Company

Use: Mill

In Time and Eternity: Shakers in the Industrial Age

"In Time and Eternity: Maine Shakers in the Industrial Age 1872-1918" is a series of images that depict in detail the Shakers in Maine during a little explored time period of expansion and change.

Biddeford, Saco and the Textile Industry

The largest textile factory in the country reached seven stories up on the banks of the Saco River in 1825, ushering in more than a century of making cloth in Biddeford and Saco. Along with the industry came larger populations and commercial, retail, social, and cultural growth.

Surry by the Bay

The Downeast community's history as presented by a broad-based team of representatives from Surry Elementary School and Surry Historical Society. Topics covered include the Surry Opera House and Surry Playhouse, the Surry Village School and education over time in the community, sawmills, and early property owner Phebe Fowler. Students scanned and transcribed a large number of the items digitized for the project.

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary

A look back at island life in Maine as captured by a team consisting of Swan's Island Educational Society representatives, which encompasses the community's library and historical society, a class from the Swan's Island School, and an Island Fellow from the Island Institute. Exhibit topics examine islanders at work and play, Baird's Quarry, old buildings, and the changing role of women on the island.