Keywords: Wood and Bishop Company
Item 20465
Home Clarion stove, Bangor, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Littleton; Bangor Media: Cast iron, nickel
Item 122851
Plymouth Company Records, box 4/5, ca. 1795
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1795 Location: Hallowell; Readfield; Sidney; Vassalboro; Winthrop Media: Ink on Paper
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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.
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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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"foundry, National Insurance Co., and probably other businesses in the area. He and his wife took out a number of small loans or mortgages on their…"
