Keywords: Porteous, Mitchell and Braun Company
Item 127
Longfellow float, Maine Centennial Parade, Portland, 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1920-07-05 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 26759
Congress Street Looking Towards Monument Square, Portland, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: circa 1920 Location: Portland Media: Postcard
Exhibit
Women at the turn of the 20th century were increasingly involved in paid work outside the home. For wage-earning women in the Old Port section of Portland, the jobs ranged from canning fish and vegetables to setting type. A study done in 1907 found many women did not earn living wages.
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1960-1970 - Page 1 of 3
"Another, labelled "Porteous, Mitchell and Braun," is pale blue with a heavy machine lace bodice, a belted waist, and long knit Crimplene skirt of…"
