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View of S.D. Warren & Co, in Westbrook.
Postcard view of Cumberland Mills.
Title page of the Norwich Jubilee book.
The Norwich Jubilee book was printed on paper made from mummy wrappings.
The New Dam at Great Falls.
Postcard view of the new dam at Great Falls, built by S.D. Warren Co.
Stanwood & Towar Mill in Gardiner, Maine.
Postcard of Stanwood & Towar Mill, later Hollingsworth & Whitney.
Publisher's cloth binding for the Norwich Jubilee book.
One of two bindings for the Norwich Jubilee book. This was the less expensive of the two.
Postcard view of the mills in Gardiner, Maine.
Postcard showing the rear view of the paper mills in Gardiner, Maine.
Postcard view of Gardiner, Maine.
Postcard view of Gardiner, Maine.
Isaiah Deck's proposal to use mummy wrappings as a source of materials for American paper mills.
Deck's observations and calculations on the amount of mummy wrappings available, and a proposal to use these as a source for making paper.
Great Falls Dam.
Modern view of the Great Falls Dam, all that is left of the paper mill that it served.
Fine binding for the Norwich Jubilee book.
Gold-stamped and gold-tooled tan morocco leather binding for the deluxe edition of the Norwich Jubilee book.
Dam at Stanwood and Towar Mill in Gardiner, Maine.
Originally the Cobbossee Mill, then Stanwood & Tower, then Hollingsworth & Whitney. Mummy paper was made at this mill, and it is the only mummy paper mill still standing in Gardiner, Maine.
Cumberland Mills, Westbrook, Maine.
S.D. Warren imported mummy rags as a source for fiber in his Cumberland Mills.
Cumberland Mills, Westbrook, Maine.
View of the falls and mill buildings on the Presumpscott River.
Chelsea paper mills, Greeneville (Norwich), Conn.
One of the largest paper manufactories in the world, used mummy wrappings to make paper.