Leyland Whipple Lantern Slides

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Leyland Whipple Lantern Slides
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Glass lantern slides, many hand-colored, depicting Maine landmarks and landscapes, outdoor recreation, logging operations, the papermaking process, wildlife, agriculture, and historical scenes. Leyland Whipple was a Bangor photographer, composer, and high school band leader who documented the Fire of 1911.

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Papermaking. Paper Machine from Dry End
Papermaking. Paper Machine from Dry End
View of a paper machine from the "dry end."
Papermaking. Paper Machine from Wet End
Papermaking. Paper Machine from Wet End
View of a paper machine from the "wet end."
Papermaking. Beaters
Papermaking. Beaters
A man attends to Hollander beaters, which are used to break down cloth and plant fibers to produce paper pulp.
Papermaking. Sorting Rags
Papermaking. Sorting Rags
Women stand at sinks with large baskets of rags next to them.
Sawmill Carriage
Sawmill Carriage
View inside a sawmill showing a log carriage, a vehicle used to carry the log while it is being cut into lumber.
Sawmill
Sawmill
View of a sawmill on the Penobscot River showing many logs in the water in the foreground. Workers are visible guiding logs from the storage pond up jack ladders into the mill to be processed.
Road Building in the Woods
Road Building in the Woods
Men use logs to construct a courderoy road through the forest.
Lumber Industry, Road Building
Lumber Industry, Road Building
Men build a road in the forest next to a white tent. Smoke is being produced from the process.
Hauling Logs by Tractor
Hauling Logs by Tractor
A man operates a tractor that is hauling logs through the snow. Behind the tractor, two horses pull more logs.
Lumbering
Lumbering
Lumbermen lift logs onto horse-drawn sleds.
Big Timber
Big Timber
Lumbermen pose with a large white pine they have felled. Twenty-one men stand on the tree trunk, one stands on the stump, and two stand on the ground near the stump.
Felling Trees
Felling Trees
Lumbermen cut white pine, two using a crosscut saw and two using axes.
Lumber Crew
Lumber Crew
Over 30 lumbermen pose in a winter camp.
Lumber Camp, Horses
Lumber Camp, Horses
Lumbermen pose with a large team of horses in the middle of a snowy lumber camp.
Lumber Camp, Winter
Lumber Camp, Winter
View of a lumber camp in winter showing a large log cabin and equipment.
Lumber Camp
Lumber Camp
View of log cabins in a clearing.
Off the Coast of Maine
Off the Coast of Maine
A two-masted sailing ship in a circular frame.
Stockton, A Scenic Road
Stockton, A Scenic Road
View looking down a dirt road lined with utility poles toward a few houses in the distance. A horse pulls a cart down the road.
R. R. Trestle at Stockton
R. R. Trestle at Stockton
View looking across rolling green hills to a train crossing a railroad bridge.
Frankfort, A Picturesque Road
Frankfort, A Picturesque Road
View looking down a dirt road lined with fencing. The road winds along a stream.
Mosquito Mountain
Mosquito Mountain
View looking across a dirt road toward Mosquito Mountain.
Waldo Granite Quarry Buildings, Mosquito Mountain in Background
Waldo Granite Quarry Buildings, Mosquito Mountain in Background
View of the Mount Waldo Granite Works buildings. On the right side of the photograph a dirt road leads toward Mosquito Mountain.
Bucksport, Fort Knox
Bucksport, Fort Knox
View of Fort Knox from the Penobscot River.
Bucksport, Water Front
Bucksport, Water Front
View looking toward Bucksport from the Penobscot River showing a two-masted vessel tied to a dock.