Lewis Hine caption: 6 P.M. April 23, 1909. A few of the young workers in Bates Mfg. Co., Lewiston, Me. Many more and younger. This mill is as bad as the average South Carolina mill in regard to child labor. In April of 1909, Lewis Hine took 13 photographs in Lewiston, Maine, a … [Read more...]

Sadie Mason: Research and story by Joe Manning Sadie Melva Catherine Mason was born in Maine, on August 12, 1892. Her father was John Peter Mason, who was born in Quebec in 1831. Her mother was Margaret Ann Walker, who was born in Nova Scotia in 1851. They married in 1866. He … [Read more...]

Seriously Injured While at Work in Androscoggin Mill, Lewiston Daily Sun, April 19, 1906 Semi-conscious and his head banged and bruised, Master Russell, grandson of Cornelius Russell of Lincoln Street, Lewiston, was extricated from the machinery in the Androscoggin Mill where … [Read more...]