Maine Memory Network

Old Berwick Historical Society

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 14 of 17

"Layoffs were common for mill workers, many of which were forced to rely on the city's Poor Farm for Assistance program."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Mills and Homes in Stockholm

"… by the Stockholm Lumber Company around 1900 where mill workers lived. Also by the railroad there were six more homes."

Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"Row House, Hallowell, ca. 1935 Hallowell mill workers lived in The Row House on Second Street. Hubbard Free Library The Cotton Mill's main textile…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 3 of 3

"… During the war years layoffs were common for mill workers, many of which were forced to rely on the city's Poor Farm for assistance."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 2 of 2

"Individual donations to the Library; to mill workers at Christmas, and park maintenance were also attributed to him."

Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library

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