A Cobbler trains his young Apprentice. In the background are scenes from that era.
Child labor was common in Maine. They frequently performed dangerous tasks for long hours.
Young women were often sent to the mills by their families, who could not, or would not, support them.
For the first time, workers were allowed to vote anonymously in 1891.
In 1884, Maine celebrated its first "Labor's Day", a day for the workers to celebrate.
A member of the IWW or "Wobblies" tries to organize the Maine woodsmen.
Scenes from an unsuccessful strike attempt to create better conditions for women workers.
Frances Perkins, FDR's Labor Secretary and untiring labor activist, a Maine Labor icon.
Maine's version of WWII women workers participated as ship-builders.
The International Paper strike of 1986 in Jay, Maine, one that still divides the town.
A figure from the past offers a hammer to workers of the present, who are unsure of its value in a changing world.
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