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Description
Eben Colby bought this property and built the sawmill with a partner in 1859. They manufactured wood products including doors, clapboards, lathe and sashes.
The property at the lower end of Maine Street in Brunswick near the bridge was known as the Perry Privelege. On the back of this stereograph is written, "On bank of river in Brunswick Colby Mills."
About This Item
- Title: Colby Mills, Androscoggin River, Brunswick, ca. 1900
- Creation Date: circa 1900
- Subject Date: circa 1900
- Location: Brunswick, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Stereograph
- Dimensions: 9 cm x 18 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 797, Brunswick
- Collection: Stereo view cards of Maine towns and scenes
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Androscoggin River (N.H. and Me.)--Stereographs
- Colby Mills (Brunswick, Me.)--Stereographs
- Lumber industry--Maine--Brunswick
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