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Category: Economics, Employment, Women at work

Historical Items

These results include photographs, documents, letters, paintings, artifacts, and many other kinds of Maine related items from collections around the state and elsewhere.


Item 20580

Anna Cox, Brusnwick, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1890 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Item 20601

Dennison Girls or Box Shop Girls

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1890 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Item 20602

Addie Galvin, Brunswick, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1890 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Item 20603

Charlotte Randall, Brunswick, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1890 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Item 20605

Dennison Girls, Brunswick, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1890 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Item 22625

Presque Isle Hospital Kitchen, Presque Isle, ca. 1952

Contributed by: Presque Isle Historical Society Date: circa 1952 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print

Item 23044

York Manufacturing Company Workers, Saco, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Saco Media: Photographic print

Item 23799

Preceptor's farewell to Hannah Pierce, Fryeburg, 1819

Contributed by: Pierce Family Collection through Maine Historical Society Date: 1819 Location: Fryeburg Media: Ink on paper

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Item 23800

Testimony of school attendance, Fryeburg, 1806

Contributed by: Pierce Family Collection through Maine Historical Society Date: 1806 Location: Fryeburg Media: Ink on paper

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Item 26195

Trull Hospital Nurses, Biddeford, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: circa 1938 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 27475

Russell Estes and Brothers Box Shop, Farmington, 1903

Contributed by: Farmington Historical Society Date: 1903-03-31 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print

Item 27837

Girls at J.B. Pearson Factory, Thomaston, 1912

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: 1912-06-15 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print

Item 30973

Guilford Woolen Mill Finishing Room Crew, ca, 1890

Contributed by: Guilford Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Guilford Media: Photographic print

Item 31737

Packing fish in cans, Lubec, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Lubec Media: Photograph on card mount

Item 33688

Luther Cary petition for bounty on mulberry trees and silk manufacturing, Turner, 1841

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1841 Location: Turner Media: Silk, ink on paper

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Item 34545

Eliza J. Knight, Brunswick, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1850 Location: Brunswick; Bath Media: Photographic print

Item 35313

"Gypsies," Biddeford Pool, 1917

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1917 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 36055

Spinner working at her spinning frame, Biddeford, 1966

Contributed by: Biddeford Historical Society Date: circa 1966 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 61855

Laura Sprague in Atlantic store, Swan's Island, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Item 61867

Beatrice Stockbridge, Swan's Island, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Item 61877

Lillian 'Lil' Smith, telephone operator for Swan's Island, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Item 61878

Gwen May remembers working the Swan's Island telephone switchboard in the 1960s

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1960 Location: Swan's Island Media: Mp3

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Item 70279

Women sorters at Eastern Fine Paper, Brewer, ca. 1960

Contributed by: Maine Folklife Center, Univ. of Maine Date: circa 1960 Location: Brewer Media: Photographic print

Item 70280

Women sorting rags, Brewer, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Maine Folklife Center, Univ. of Maine Date: circa 1920 Location: Brewer Media: Photographic print