Maine Labor Mural

The Maine Labor Mural depicts scenes of the state’s labor history in an effort to honor the men and women who built Maine.

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apprenticeship

Apprenticeship

child-labor

Child Labor

women-textiles

Women Textile Workers

secret-ballot

The Secret Ballot

labor-day

First Labor Day

logging

Woods Workers

shoe-strike

The ’37 Shoe Strike

reform

Labor Reformers

Rosie

Rosie the Riveter

jay-strike

Jay Strike

labor-future

The Future of Maine Labor

The Maine Labor Mural is oil on panel and was painted by Judy Taylor, Seal Cove, Maine, 2008

Commissioned by the Maine Department of Labor; transferred to the Maine State Museum in 2019.

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