Section 10: Salmon Falls Manufacturing Company [expand title="VIEW OTHER SECTIONS"] Industry, Wealth, and Labor: Mapping New England Textile Mills 1. Introduction 2. Examples of Site-Specific Fire Insurance Plans 3. Biddeford-Saco 4. Lowell ...
Section 11: Workers' Experience [expand title="VIEW OTHER SECTIONS"] Industry, Wealth, and Labor: Mapping New England Textile Mills 1. Introduction 2. Examples of Site-Specific Fire Insurance Plans 3. Biddeford-Saco 4. Lowell 5. Lewiston-Au...
Section 12: Miscellaneous [expand title="VIEW OTHER SECTIONS"] Industry, Wealth, and Labor: Mapping New England Textile Mills 1. Introduction 2. Examples of Site-Specific Fire Insurance Plans 3. Biddeford-Saco 4. Lowell 5. Lewiston-Auburn ...
Industry, Wealth, and Labor: Mapping New England Textile History The Osher Map Library’s recent acquisition of a collection of textile mill insurance plans from the American Textile History Museum provided the inspiration for this exhibition. Them...
Are you a classroom teacher within the Greater Portland area? We are happy to lend high-quality printed reproductions of this map set at no cost as part of an Activity Kit for use in your classroom. The kit will also include a variety of age-...
First Place Winner - “Titasia” “Titasia” by Jasper B.York Middle School, 6th Grade Second Place Winner - “Guide to Pexa” “Guide to Pexa” by Gracyn R.Falmouth Elementary School, 5th Grade Third Place Winner - “Aroadia: ...
Curated and text written by Prof. Matthew H. Edney, Osher Map Library Faculty Scholar, with much help from Prof. Nathan D. Hamilton. Valuable assistance was provided by William H. Browder, Jr., Sandy Dowling, Dr. Harold L. Osher, and especially Yolan...
The entire process of the European exploring, settling, and naming of the New England coast and coastal regions was played out repeatedly, although with significant variations, when the English pushed into the interior of northern New England (32-33)...
Colonial settlement after 1600 progressively replaced the supposedly indigenous district of Norumbega with the European imposition of new regions: New France, New England, and the New Netherlands. First along the coast, and then along the major river...
European charts of the North American coasts were initially produced in very small numbers. They were drawn by hand, one at a time. This reflected the small market for such charts. Not only were there few ships sailing the Atlantic, but charts usuall...
