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Item 31851

Letter from Luther Lawrence to his brother Frank, March 1, 1863

Letter from Luther Lawrence to his brother Frank, March 1, 1863

Contributed by: North Yarmouth Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: St. Helena Island, SC Media: Ink on paper

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Item 79632

Time Clock, ca. 1910

Time Clock, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Maine's Paper & Heritage Museum Date: circa 1910 Media: Wood, metal

Item 74445

Grace Auber, Augusta, 1948

Grace Auber, Augusta, 1948

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1948 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Otis Falls Pulp & Paper Mill, Livermore Falls, ca. 1896

Jay & Livermore Falls, Pioneers in Paper Making

Alvin Record and Hugh J. Chisholm were instrumental in building paper mills in Jay, Livermore, and Livermore Falls. The two industrialists helped make the towns prosperous.

Exhibit

Forest Paper Co. workers, Yarmouth, ca. 1890

Yarmouth: Leader in Soda Pulp

Yarmouth's "Third Falls" provided the perfect location for papermaking -- and, soon, for producing soda pulp for making paper. At the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th, Yarmouth was an international leader in soda pulp production.

Exhibit

Reddy Kilowatt lapel pin, ca. 1955

Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine

As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Maternity, Hallowell Granite Works, ca. 1895

Historic Hallowell - The Johnson Shoe Bros.

"10,000 to 12,000 pairs of boots, The weekly payroll was quite the loot. Then the workers were forced to leave immediately, Their work was proclaimed…"

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Johnson Shoe Factory, Hallowell, 1900

Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory

"The factory's weekly payroll was $6,000, which was probably because they raised $1,600,000 making ladies shoes! The resources they used to make the…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - About the Project

Western Maine Foothills Region - About the Project

"While the mill’s payroll is less than half of what it was 40 years ago, it remains by far the area’s largest employer, and the wealth it generates…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

History of Forest Gardens

History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars