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Box 1

 Container

Contains 24 Results:

Raceway maintenance, ATHM # 1111.42.15 (0000.1309.15)

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2, item: 15
Scope and Contents

Ca. 1922. Original owned by Bates Manufacturing Co., Lewiston, ME

Dates: 1886 - 1930

Amos Abbott & Company, ATHM# 0000.620.1, ca. 1874

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3, item: 1
Scope and Contents

Dexter, Maine. Albumen print, ca. 1874. Image depicts the Amos Abbott & Co. building in Dexter, Maine. Building is three-story wooden clapboard with a four-story tower housing a bell and a brick chimney. Other clapboard buildings on the right and on the left are probably part of the company complex. Amos Abbott & Co. manufactured woolen cloths.

Dates: ca. 1874

Tenter bars outside Amos Abbott & Company, ATHM# 0000.620.2, ca. 1874

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3, item: 2
Scope and Contents

Dexter, Maine. Albumen print, ca. 1874. Image depicts tenter bars set up outside the Amos Abbott & Co. building in Dexter, Maine. Tentering is a continuous process for drying cloth while it is held under tension to remove wrinkles and give a smooth surface. Amos Abbott & Co. manufactured woolen cloths.

Dates: ca. 1874