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Item 72744

Sardine factory workers, Swan's Island, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Item 70811

First Postmaster of Minturn, a village on Swan's Island, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Island Postmistresses

"Island Postmistresses The following is an extract from The History of Swan's Island by Dr. H. W. Small."

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Women's Firsts

"… Swan's Island, women regularly held positions as postmistresses, navigators, shopkeepers, and family business managers, while their husbands earned…"