Keywords: Harness making
Item 103709
Two harnessmakers with their tools, ca. 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Media: Tintype
Item 36609
Saddle and harness makers banner, Portland, 1841
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1841 Location: Portland Media: Oil on linen
Exhibit
Biddeford, Saco and the Textile Industry
The largest textile factory in the country reached seven stories up on the banks of the Saco River in 1825, ushering in more than a century of making cloth in Biddeford and Saco. Along with the industry came larger populations and commercial, retail, social, and cultural growth.
Exhibit
"… Society While many inventors worked on harnessing electromagnetic waves, Italian Guglielmo Marconi created the Wireless Telegraph and Signal…"
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Northern Maine Fair Memories - Page 1 of 3
"Dorothy got involved with harness racing because her husband John enjoyed watching the races. Her son, Jimmy one of her five children, started racing…"
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook
"A walk along the stream bank reveals pieces of chalk and flint to this day imported from Dover, England to try to make a go of the sandpaper business."
Story
Scientist Turned Artist Making Art Out of Trash
by Ian Trask
Bowdoin College alum returns to midcoast Maine to make environmentally conscious artwork
