Keywords: factory employees
Item 14133
Philco Shoe employees, Bangor, 1939
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1939 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print
Item 6996
Contributed by: Lewiston Public Library Date: 1916 Location: Lewiston; Auburn Media: Phototransparency
Exhibit
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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Biddeford, Saco and the Textile Industry
The largest textile factory in the country reached seven stories up on the banks of the Saco River in 1825, ushering in more than a century of making cloth in Biddeford and Saco. Along with the industry came larger populations and commercial, retail, social, and cultural growth.
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Cheese Factory
"This factory had been organized by local farmers, and the farmers named the factory the Sandy River Cheese Company."
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Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory
"In the Johnson Shoe Factory, the employees were very productive. There were night shifts with fifty employees working from 5:00 AM to 10:00 PM…"
