Saco Museum Director Jessica Skwire Routhier looks at fictional letters prepared by the museum as examples of salacious writing engaged in by female factory workers in Maine during the 1800s; Education and Program Manager Camille Smalley looks on in the background. The newly-prepared room is open to public viewing and is being integrated as part of the museum’s permanent collection. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)
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