Keywords: Peavey
Item 8517
Peavey man, Maine woods, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Patten Lumbermen's Museum Date: circa 1900 Media: Photographic print
Item 8347
Contributed by: Patten Lumbermen's Museum Date: circa 1900 Media: Photographic print
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Workers in Maine have labored in factories, on farms, in the woods, on the water, among other locales. Many of Maine's occupations have been determined by the state's climate and geographical features.
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Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.
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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry
"… was built in the early 1920s to make clothespins, peavey and pick-pole handles, whiffle-trees, snowshoes and perforated chair seats."
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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm
"Another company was built to make clothes pins, peavey and pick–pole handles, whiffle–trees, snowshoes and perforated chair seats."
