Maine Memory Network

Bangor Lumber Company lumbermen, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Bangor Media: Postcard

Mattawamkeag Lumber Company, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Mattawamkeag Media: Photographic print

Lumber Storage and Mill, Brown Wharf Mill Building, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: F B Irvin Lumber Company Use: Lumber Storage and Mill

Lumber Storage, Richardson Wharf, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Smith and Rumery Company Use: Lumber Storage

Great Northern Paper Company sleeping camp, 1913

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1913 Client: Great Northern Paper Company Architect: Great Northern Paper Company

Seboomook Farm, Seboomook, 1923

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1923 Location: Seboomook Client: Great Northern Paper Company Architect: Great Northern Paper Company

Washington County Through Eastern's Eye

Images taken by itinerant photographers for Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company, a real photo postcard company, provide a unique look at industry, commerce, recreation, tourism, and the communities of Washington County in the early decades of the twentieth century.

Princeton: Woods and Water Built This Town

Princeton benefited from its location on a river -- the St. Croix -- that was useful for transportation of people and lumber and for powering mills as well as on its proximity to forests.

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World

"Print. Bangor Lumber Company lumbermen with horses, ca. 1910Bangor Public Library Lumber schooners on the Penobscot River at Bangor, ca."

Lincoln, Maine - Eastern Manufacturing Company, Lincoln, ca. 1920 - Page 1 of 2

"Eastern Manufacturing Company, Lincoln, ca. 1920 Contributed by Lincoln Historical Society Description The Lincoln paper mill was called…"

Canadian immigrant founds worlds largest paper company in 1898
by Hugh J. Chisholm

Hugh J. Chisholm founded International Paper, which was the world's largest paper company in 1898.

My career as a chemical engineer for S.D. Warren Paper Company
by Charles Dodge

I worked in S.D. Warren's laboratory, and developed paper coatings, like Ultracast technology