Laconia Mills boarding houses, Biddeford, ca. 1895
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McArthur Public Library
The first textile workers were primarily New England farm girls.
They traveled into the heart of Biddeford and Saco to work and lived in company boarding houses.
Some girls sent money home to their families but most spent their earnings on scarves, bonnets, jewelry and other luxury items.
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