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.
Writer Karen Kreworuka and Auburn resident Cam Churchill, dancing together at left, spin around the floor Sept. 15 during a square dancing session at Sherwood Heights Elementary School in Auburn.
Edy Churchill and Roy Blier complete their spin on the right during a square dance session Sept. 15 at Sherwood Heights Elementary School in Auburn. Lorraine Boilard and Rick Fortier turn toward them on the left. In square dancing, partners change several times during the course of a single dance, eventually finding their way back to their main partners.
Al Hipkins, right, calls out the steps to a square dance Sept. 15 at Sherwood Heights Elementary School in Auburn. Dancers Gemma Blier, left, and Wally Vickerson follow along on the left.
Square dancer caller Al Hipkins calls out steps during an open dance session Sept. 15 at Sherwood Heights Elementary School in Auburn.
At the end of every dance, square dancers come to the center to celebrate a successful dance. From the left are Lorraine Boilard, Wally Vickerson, Cheryl Fortier, and Rick Fortier.
Cam and Edy Churchill embrace Sept. 15 after a square dance at Sherwood Heights Elementary School in Auburn. The Auburn couple met while square dancing at Sherwood Heights in 1983 and married the following year.
Edy and Cam Churchill, right, share a laugh while square dancing Sept. 15 at Sherwood Heights Elementary School.
Square dancers move in a circle during a session Sept.15 at Sherwood Heights Elementary School in Auburn.
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