Keywords: Hand sewing
Item 16979
Hand Cranked Sewing Machine, ca. 1870
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1870 Location: Houlton Media: Steel
Item 33287
Shaw & Clark Sewing Machine, Biddeford, ca. 1865
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1865 Location: Biddeford Media: Metal and paint
Item 151579
Waterford Library, Waterford, 1937
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1930–1937 Location: Waterford Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
Exhibit
Art of the People: Folk Art in Maine
For many different reasons people saved and carefully preserved the objects in this exhibit. Eventually, along with the memories they hold, the objects were passed to the Maine Historical Society. Object and memory, serve as a powerful way to explore history and to connect to the lives of people in the past.
Exhibit
Great Cranberry Island's Preble House
The Preble House, built in 1827 on a hilltop over Preble Cove on Great Cranberry Island, was the home to several generations of Hadlock, Preble, and Spurling family members -- and featured in several books.
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 1 of 4
"On the other hand, speedier sewing encouraged extra detailing in fashionable garments. In the 1860s and 1870s small thread mills, such as the Haskell…"
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Ship Parts
"… together by hand (until the invention of the sewing machine.) Anchors were commonly made of stone or iron and took up to a year to craft."
Story
From Chinese Laundress to Mother of the Year
by Dr. Andrea Louie
Toy Len Goon's granddaughter recounts her immigration to the US and becoming Mother of the Year.
Story
Tapestry, Seine Twine and Burlesque
by Barbara Burns
My work as a tapestry artist and dancer in Maine.
