Many of the items in the permanent collection on the upper floors deal with the subject matter of the new exhibit at the Maine MILL in the Bates Mill Complex in Lewiston.
Photos on a series of panels at the Maine MILL help tell the story of Maine’s labor force in the early 1900s.
The original bottling room has been preserved at the Poland Spring Bottling Museum. The building is on the National Register of Historic Properties and contains much of the original tiling and fixtures.
Artifacts from Poland Spring Water throughout the ages are displayed in the Poland Spring Bottling Museum.
The original showers at the Poland Spring bottling plant are preserved in the museum. Workers were required to shower at the start of each shift to maintain the cleanliness standards the company set.
This is the Poland Spring Source Building and Historic Bottling Museum, constructed in 1907 by Hiram Ricker and Sons Co. It was a state-of-the-art bottling plant and spring house with glass and silver piping, and even featured showers for the workers to use prior to beginning their shift.
A children's area has recently been added to the Poland Spring Bottling Plant Museum in Poland Spring. Jackson Hall, 6, wears one of the child-sized lab coats and totes around plastic Poland Spring bottles.
Jackson Hall, 6, plays on a train in mid-August at the Poland Spring Bottling Museum in Poland Spring. The museum recently added the children's area.
A bubbling spring of water is showcased in the Poland Spring Bottling Musum.
Jackson Hall, 6, plays with the interactive bottling exhibit in mid-August at the Poland Spring Bottling Museum in Poland Spring. The museum recently added a children's area.
Artifacts from Poland Spring Water throughout the ages are displayed in the Poland Spring Bottling Museum.
Mae West's portrait hangs in the Poland Spring Bottling Museum in a gallery of famous visitors. West was once a spokesperson for Poland Spring Water, and is quoted as saying "Is that a bottle of Poland Spring in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?"
The Harley family of Newburyport, Massachusetts, exits The Source Building in mid-August, which houses the original bedrock Poland Spring spring.
Chantal Durocher measures herself in mid-August against a stream gauge, used to measure how deep water is in a stream, much to the delight of her grandchildren. The family was visiting from New York State.
The Poland Spring House as shown in 1876. It eventually comprised over 350 guest rooms, a barber shop, dance and photography studios, pool room, music hall, bowling alley, dining facilities, fire sprinkler system and elevators, serving as the crown jewel of the resort grounds.
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