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Item 9039

Skowhegan home of Roland T. Patten, ca. 1915

Skowhegan home of Roland T. Patten, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1915 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print

Item 9043

Skowhegan Wheel Club, 1894

Skowhegan Wheel Club, 1894

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: 1894 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print

Item 8999

Sorting Boom, opposite the J. W. Weston Farm, Skowhegan, ca. 1895

Sorting Boom, opposite the J. W. Weston Farm, Skowhegan, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1895 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Hotel Coburn, ca. 1900

Student Exhibit: Historic Buildings on Madison Ave in Skowhegan

Take a tour and see some of the beautiful old buildings that used to be on Madison Avenue, Skowhegan? A few still remain, but most have been torn down.

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Jack Lawrence, Saco, on Bicycle, ca. 1900

A Craze for Cycling

Success at riding a bike mirrored success in life. Bicycling could bring families together. Bicycling was good for one's health. Bicycling was fun. Bicycles could go fast. Such were some of the arguments made to induce many thousands of people around Maine and the nation to take up the new pastime at the end of the nineteenth century.

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Pulp pile, St. Croix Paper Co., Woodland, ca. 1910

Making Paper, Making Maine

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.