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Historical Items

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Item 71600

Sebasticook Woolen Mill, Pittsfield, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Pittsfield Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 70078

The dam and Woolen Mills, Old Town, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Old Town Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 31693

Frank Faulkner, Turner Woolen Mill, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Turner Museum and Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Turner Media: Photographic print

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 109531

Madison Woolen Mill Co. buildings, Madison, 1885

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1885 Location: Madison Client: Madison Woolen Co. Architect: George M. Coombs

Item 109545

Store House for Cowen Woolen Co., Lewiston, 1908

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1908 Location: Lewiston Client: Cowen Woolen Co. Architect: Coombs and Gibbs Architects

Item 111580

Galen C. Moses house, Bath, 1901

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1901 Location: Bath Client: Galen C. Moses Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Online Exhibits

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Princeton: Woods and Water Built This Town

Princeton benefited from its location on a river -- the St. Croix -- that was useful for transportation of people and lumber and for powering mills as well as on its proximity to forests.

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A Tour of Sanford in 1900

This collection of images portrays many buildings in Sanford and Springvale. The images were taken around the turn of the twentieth century.

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Away at School: Letters Home

Young men and women in the 19th century often went away from home -- sometimes for a few months, sometimes for longer periods -- to attend academies, seminaries, or schools run by individuals. While there, they wrote letters home, reporting on boarding arrangements and coursework undertaken, and inquired about the family at home.

Site Pages

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Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"… purchased controlling interest in Piscataquis Woolen on the north side, and Guilford Woolen Mills Company was created, combining the ownership into…"

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Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 2 of 2

"… the Guilford Historical Society Guilford Woolen Mills, ca. 1920Guilford Historical Society The Interface Fabrics Mill was first made in 1865…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Years on Mt. Desert Island

"Sawmills, woolen mills and grist mills were built near the sound and other areas on MDI. Shipbuilding was also one of MDI’s early businesses."

My Maine Stories

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History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

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