Contributed by Walker Memorial Library
Description
The crew of the S.D. Warren Paper Mill's Box Shop in the 1930s.
Front row left to right are:
Ludgie Thuotte, John Smyth, Louis Gaudreau, Jack Larrivee, Louis St. Pierre, Name unknown, Percy Elder, and unidentified.
Back Row left to right are:
Unidentified, unidentified, "Red" Robichaud, Ernest Mushreau, Ovide St. Pierre, unidentified,
Thomas Andrews, Emery Labreque.
Though S. D. Warren died in 1888, the mill continued to grow through the 20th century, employing close to 3,000 Westbrook residents. Then in 1995 the company was bought by Sappi Limited, which outsourced most of the jobs to South Africa.
As of 2013, the mill employs about 300 people, but continues to be a presence in the city of Westbrook.
About This Item
- Title: S. D. Warren Co. Box Shop crew, Westbrook, ca. 1935
- Creation Date: circa 1935
- Subject Date: circa 1935
- Location: Cumberland Mills, Westbrook, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 19.5 cm x 24.5 cm
- Local Code: Notebook #3, Page 25
- Object Type: Image
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People
- Andrews, Thomas
- Elder, Percy
- Gaudreau, Louis
- Labreque, Emery
- Larrivee, Jack
- Mushreau, Ernest
- Robichaud, Red
- Smyth, John
- St. Pierre, Louis
- St. Pierre, Ovide
- Thuotte, Ludgie
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Walker Memorial Library800 Main Street, Westbrook, ME 04092
(207) 854-0630
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