Keywords: carey
Item 65085
Letter to Mrs. Claude Bonsey from Mary Grace Carey, New York, N.Y., 1953
Contributed by: Surry Historical Society Date: 1953-11-08 Location: Surry Media: Ink on paper
Item 16993
Anne Carey Bradley, Fryeburg, ca. 1904
Contributed by: Fryeburg Historical Society Date: circa 1904 Location: Fryeburg Media: Photographic print
Item 35898
Owner in 1924: Barnet Ruder Devisee Use: Dwelling - Two family
Item 35900
Owner in 1924: Rose Domenicus Use: Dwelling - Two family
Exhibit
Silk Manufacturing in Westbrook
Cultivation of silkworms and manufacture of silk thread was touted as a new agricultural boon for Maine in the early 19th century. However, only small-scale silk production followed. In 1874, the Haskell Silk Co. of Westbrook changed that, importing raw silk, and producing silk machine twist threat, then fabrics, until its demise in 1930.
Exhibit
A Brief History of Colby College
Colby originated in 1813 as Maine Literary and Theological Institution and is now a small private liberal arts college of about 1,800 students. A timeline of the history and development of Colby College from 1813 until the present.
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